Trump’s speech itself was a bit rambling, pulling on some of the themes he used in his campaign. He says he is going to make the economy great again, the country great again, the environment great again. But he didn’t give any real details.
One of the first things he said he will do is to pull the US out of the Paris climate accord, probably in one of the first days in office. But that message resonated with millions and millions of people and that’s why he had such an impressive victory in so many states.
He will now start putting together his transition team very quickly. We know that is chaired by JD Vance, the vice president, and his two sons Donald Jr and Eric. That suggests people in his cabinet and in senior positions in the administration will be looking for people who are loyal to Trump first and foremost – whether or not they can do the job.
The federal court cases against him will now effectively disappear. They might tumble on but after January 20 they will go away because he will instruct his Justice Department to end those prosecutions.
But he will be sentenced in New York on the 24th of this month for trying to cheat the electorate in the 2016 election by paying off an adult film star. So while it seems certain that Donald Trump is going to win, he will also become the first convicted felon to serve as the United States of America’s president.
Trump says he will ‘help our country heal’
The Republican leader pledges to help the US heal in a speech to his cheering supporters.
“We are going to help our country heal, we are going to help our country heal. We have a country that needs help and it needs help very badly,” he said in Florida.
Trump begins speech claiming ‘the greatest political movement of all time’
Trump has thanked his supporters.
“We have thousands of friends in this incredible movement,” he said in West Palm Beach. “This was a movement like nobody’s ever seen before, and frankly, this was, I believe, the greatest political movement of all time.
“We’re going to help our country heal. Help our country heal,” Trump said in a possible nod to a departure from his typically divisive rhetoric.
“[We] will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe and prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve”, he said. “This will truly be the golden age of America.”
He then hailed winning the popular vote, although the final national vote count will not be known for days.
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