How Donald Trump won the US presidential election
He’s won more votes than he did in 2016, when he was first elected president.
Donald Trump will return to the White House in January 2025, after defeating Democrat rival Kamala Harris in the 2024 U.S. presidential elections. The win comes just four years after he lost re-election to Joe Biden — and just weeks before his sentencing in his New York criminal trial.
We explain the factors behind his historic win and hear from political analysts about how issues like the economy and immigration influenced voters in the crucial swing states that decided the election.
One of Trump’s campaign promises was to quickly end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and to prioritise America’s interest above all others. We hear from the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s International Correspondent Lyse Doucet and the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s China correspondent Laura Bicker about how international leaders are reacting to the win and what it means for their them.
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