Donald Trump received seven out of seven. The scale of the president-elect’s victory was confirmed this Saturday, November 9 with the victory of Arizona, which allows the Republican billionaire to make a splash in the famous swing states. After four days of counting, the CNN and NBC channels declared him the winner in this southwestern state, traditionally Republican but which had narrowly swung in 2020 in favor of Joe Biden. Donald Trump had already won the six other key states: Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Nevada.
If they do not change the outcome of the vote, the 11 major voters lost in the last swing state at stake provide new proof of the incontestable victory of Donald Trump against Kamala Harris. He is also now almost guaranteed to win the popular vote against the Democrat, and will then be the first Republican president in 20 years to achieve this feat, proving wrong the pollsters who predicted the opposite. In addition, the real estate mogul will be able to rely on the Senate, which his party took back from the Democrats, and possibly on the House of Representatives, where the Republicans are on track to retain the majority.
“Peaceful” transition
The first steps of the transition, promised “peaceful” by Joe Biden, are being prepared. The outgoing president will receive his worst political enemy on Wednesday in the Oval Office, who is beginning to speak on the composition of his future government, to prepare for his historic return to power. Donald Trump has already made his first major appointment on Thursday: Susie Wiles, architect of his campaign, will be his chief of staff, an ultra-strategic position which has never been occupied by a woman.
The rest should be announced in the coming weeks. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nephew of the assassinated president and former independent candidate aligned with Donald Trump, could be entrusted with responsibilities in public health. Another key figure is expected to be billionaire Elon Musk, who campaigned very actively for Donald Trump. The president-elect could charge the richest man in the world with fundamentally reorganizing the federal administration.
The Republican, on the other hand, indicated on his Truth Social network on Saturday that he would not recall his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, expected to lead the Pentagon, nor the United States ambassador to the UN under his mandate. Nikki Haley, who became his rival during the Republican primaries, to be part of his government. Donald Trump promised Americans to make their lives better through tax cuts and customs duties. The Republican also said he would carry out “massive” expulsions of irregular migrants.