Donald Trump was elected President of the United States.

Hours after all polling stations across the US closed yesterday morning (Vietnam time, or evening of November 5th US time), the vote counting process proceeded faster than some observers had anticipated. By yesterday afternoon, media outlets such as CNN, Fox News, and NBC News had announced that former President Trump had won the election.

Donald Trump and his wife Melania at an event in West Palm Beach, Florida on November 6.

The road to the White House

Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Trump delivered a speech to his supporters at a convention center in West Palm Beach, Florida. During the event, Mr. Trump declared victory in this year's election, saying, "I want to thank the American people for the special honor of being elected your 47th president." He pledged to bring about a "golden age" for America.

"We have made history because we have overcome obstacles that no one thought were possible. The task ahead of us will not be easy, but I will bring all my energy, spirit, and enthusiasm to the work you have entrusted to me," Trump told a crowd of supporters, congratulating his running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, and praising billionaire Elon Musk, a Trump ally in the election, as a "rising star."

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Meanwhile, Trump's opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, did not give a speech after watching the voting results at Howard University in Washington, D.C., as originally scheduled; instead, she will speak on the evening of November 6 (US time).

According to NBC News, Harris's aides have shifted from hoping the Democratic candidate wins to preparing strategies to address Trump's policies should he be re-elected. House Speaker Mike Johnson also declared Trump the president-elect, emphasizing that Republicans in the House are ready and prepared to act immediately on Trump's "America First" agenda.

Trump supporters in Wisconsin celebrate after the vote count results were released.

"Redification" of battleground states

Mr. Trump's speech came after many American media outlets projected his victory in Pennsylvania, a state that observers had initially believed could decide the outcome of the presidential election. Decision Desk HQ, a company specializing in tracking US election results, was one of the first to project Trump's victory, requiring him to secure 270 votes. Fox News also prematurely declared Trump the winner, even before the former president spoke in Florida.

As polling stations closed and officials began counting votes, results from traditionally Republican and Democratic states came out relatively early, with few surprises. The real heat began when votes in battleground states were counted.

Of the seven swing states considered to have a significant impact on this year's election, Trump only won North Carolina in 2020. However, the Republican candidate has reversed the course of these states, winning electoral votes in North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania (by a margin of approximately 100,000-200,000 votes over Harris), and Wisconsin (by more than 30,000 votes), while maintaining an advantage in Michigan, Arizona, and Nevada (as of yesterday afternoon), foreshadowing an all-red outcome in the swing states.

International news outlets report on the US election.

Before the vote count was complete, the race between the two presidential candidates was considered close and unpredictable. Therefore, some observers were surprised by the speed of vote counting and results announcements in battleground states, noting that places like Pennsylvania might take more than a day to determine a winner. By yesterday afternoon, major US media outlets had projected that Trump would win enough votes (270) to secure the US presidency.

Jim Messina, who managed former President Barack Obama's 2012 presidential campaign, said the Democratic Party had problems communicating with voter groups, leading to disadvantages in attracting support. Messina argued that the Democrats failed to offer an effective approach to rural voters, young voters, and Latino voters.

According to an NBC News exit poll in Pennsylvania, 42% of Latino voters cast their ballots for Trump, significantly higher than in 2020. Voters under 30 and those without a college degree also showed increased support for Trump in this battleground state. Michigan and Wisconsin also saw higher percentages of Latino voters supporting the Republican candidate compared to four years ago.

Trump supporters celebrate in West Palm Beach, Florida on November 6.

The mood of some Democratic voters in Arizona after seeing the election results.

Incidents on election day

Numerous incidents occurred on election day. These included fake bomb threats at polling stations in battleground states, forcing some polling locations to be temporarily evacuated. The FBI alleged that these threats were spread by Russian agents, while the Russian Embassy in Washington D.C. countered that the insinuations of Moscow interfering in the U.S. election were malicious slander, according to Reuters.

Apache County in Arizona experienced a voting machine malfunction. Some voters in Apache County had to wait more than two hours due to the problem, and many locations ran out of backup ballots during the machine outage. Meanwhile, officials in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, announced they had to rerun 30,000 absentee ballots after a technical issue with the counting machine. Prior to Election Day, state officials anticipated potential variables affecting the voting process and increased security measures, such as ensuring the technical readiness of the machines, installing surveillance cameras, and deploying law enforcement at polling locations. However, some incidents were considered unavoidable, and US officials focused on minimizing external impacts on the integrity of the election.

The Republican Party receives good news in the congressional elections.

Besides the predicted victory for Donald Trump, the Republican Party also secured wins in the US Senate elections, giving them 51 out of 100 Senate seats and regaining a majority from the Democratic Party after four years. The race in the House of Representatives will depend on which party wins 218 seats to secure a majority. According to CNN, as of yesterday afternoon (Vietnam time), the Republican Party had won 201 House seats, compared to 177 for the Democrats. This could lead to a "union government " scenario, where the president and a majority of members of both houses of Congress belong to the same party, facilitating the passage of policies favorable to the Republican Party.

Leaders of various countries congratulate Mr. Trump.

Leaders of many countries and international organizations have congratulated former US President Donald Trump after Fox News projected his victory in the 2024 US presidential election. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Trump, emphasizing on X: "I appreciate Mr. Trump's commitment to the 'peace through strength' approach in global affairs. This is precisely the principle that can practically bring a just peace closer to Ukraine."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Donald Trump on his historic return to the White House, according to Reuters. The presidents of France and Turkey, and the prime ministers of the United Kingdom, India, the Netherlands, Spain, the Czech Republic, and Romania were among the first leaders to send congratulations to him. The Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the leader of the European Union (EU) also quickly congratulated Trump.

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