Republican Donald Trump will become the 47th president of the United States after beating Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in the election to complete a stunning political comeback.
Trump, 78, is the first person to win two nonconsecutive presidential terms since the late 1800s and the first to ever hold the nation’s highest office as a convicted felon.
The victory was sealed when swing state Wisconsin was called for Trump by the U.S. networks and the Associated Press just after 5:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, putting him over the necessary 270 electoral college votes needed to win the presidency.
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