New Delhi:
US Vice President Kamala Harris known as Donald Trump on Wednesday to congratulate him for successful the 2024 presidential election, certainly one of her senior aides mentioned, following a bitter and contentious race.
Democrat Harris mentioned with Mr Trump the significance of a peaceable switch of energy and being a President for all Individuals, mentioned the aide, confirming that Ms Harris will ship remarks in Washington later immediately.
Through the acrimonious marketing campaign, the Democratic presidential candidate had described Mr Trump as a novel risk to democracy, however her marketing campaign ultimately underwhelmed voters.
She’s going to ship her concession speech in Washington immediately (2.30 am IST).
Mr Trump had by no means conceded defeat 4 years in the past when his supporters ransacked the US Capitol. He returned to the White Home with wider margins than earlier than regardless of a prison conviction, two impeachments whereas final in workplace and warnings from his former chief of employees that he was a “fascist.”
At 78, Mr Trump would be the oldest President throughout his inauguration scheduled on January 20. Had Ms Harris gained, she would have been the primary lady president of the US. “It is a political victory that our nation has by no means seen earlier than,” Mr Trump mentioned earlier immediately in his victory speech.
International leaders swiftly pledged to work with Mr Trump, regardless of considerations in some elements of the world about his “America First” method. Among the many most fearful nations will likely be Ukraine, which Russia invaded in 2022.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the many first leaders who dialled Mr Trump to congratulate him. “Had an incredible dialog with my buddy, President Donald Trump, congratulating him on his spectacular victory. Trying ahead to working carefully collectively as soon as once more to additional strengthen India-US relations throughout know-how, defence, vitality, area and several other different sectors,” PM Modi mentioned in a put up on X.
Had an incredible dialog with my buddy, President @realDonaldTrump, congratulating him on his spectacular victory. Trying ahead to working carefully collectively as soon as once more to additional strengthen India-US relations throughout know-how, defence, vitality, area and several other different sectors.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 6, 2024
Mr Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance have scoffed on the billions of {dollars} in US help to Ukraine underneath outgoing President Joe Biden, with their aides musing about forcing Ukraine to make concessions to finish the warfare.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Trump and mentioned he hoped the brand new US chief would assist Ukraine discover a “simply peace.”
Ms Harris entered the race in July after the visibly ageing Biden dropped out. She ran a centrist marketing campaign that highlighted Mr Trump’s inflammatory messaging and use of racist and sexist tropes. However his apocalyptic warnings about immigration discovered their mark with voters battered by the post-Covid economic system and looking forward to change after the Biden years.
Hispanic and Black Individuals, seen as essential voting blocs for Harris, moved in better numbers towards Mr Trump, who gained a majority of Latino males, exit polls had proven.
Mr Trump is the primary US President in additional than a century to win a non-consecutive second time period, and the one particular person to be elected President as a convicted felon — he’s scheduled to face sentencing in a New York courtroom for fraud on November 26.
He’s additionally a longtime sceptic of local weather change who is predicted once more to scale back US world commitments, though certainly one of his high marketing campaign surrogates was fellow billionaire Elon Musk, proprietor of electrical car maker Tesla.
With inputs from AFP