Donald Trump succeeded, on Wednesday, November 6, in his bet to return to the White House, a clear victory, which is causing a shock wave in the United States and throughout the world. At this stage he has a total of 276 electors against 219 for his Democratic rival Kamala Harris, therefore beyond the threshold of 270 required to win this election by indirect suffrage.
The Republican’s comeback is all the more extraordinary as his third campaign was marked by two assassination attempts, four indictments and a criminal conviction.
Information to remember:
⇒ Donald Trump is officially elected president of the United States
⇒ The Republican candidate exceeds the threshold of 270 electors
⇒ Wall Street opens sharply, welcomes Trump’s victory
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How our hatred of Trump has (once again) made us blind
Many commentators have long refused to look, without moral judgment, at the real motivations for the Trump vote. The historic comeback of the Republican candidate will perhaps force them to do so, analyzes our journalist Laurent Berbon here.
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China congratulates Trump on his victory
China congratulated Donald Trump this Wednesday on his victory in the American presidential election, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “We respect the choice of the American people and extend our congratulations to Donald Trump on his election to the American presidency,” Chinese Foreign Affairs wrote in a statement.
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Why are Israelis applauding Trump’s victory?
The return of Donald Trump to the White House is in the interests of Israel, according to several experts interviewed this Wednesday by AFP after the victory of the Republican candidate. While the country has been at war for more than a year and has experienced diplomatic setbacks, “Trump’s victory strengthens Netanyahu”, says Mairav Zonszein, Israel specialist for the International Crisis Group (ICG), explaining that both leaders share “similar” political mannerisms.
For Yonatan Freeman, an international relations expert at the Hebrew University, “given what he has said and what he has done before, we expect him to be tougher on Iran “, common enemy of Israel and the United States, and ally of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon, against whom the Israeli army is at war. Yonatan Freeman predicts the opening of negotiations under the leadership of an American president pushing “for a better agreement for the security of Israel”.
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UN chief ‘congratulates’ Trump, ready to work ‘constructively’ with him
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres congratulated Donald Trump on Wednesday on his victory in the American presidential election, emphasizing the importance of “cooperation” between the United States and the United Nations. “The United Nations stands ready to work constructively with the next administration to address the dramatic challenges of our world,” the UN chief said in a statement, after relations had been complicated during the president’s first term. Republican in the White House.
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Lenny Bronner: “Kamala Harris represented continuity when Barack Obama embodied rupture”
According to journalist Lenny Bronner, who works for the prestigious American daily the Washington Postthe vote for Donald Trump has increased significantly within the Latin American community. Find his interview with L’Express here.
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Wall Street opens sharply higher, welcomes Trump’s victory
The New York Stock Exchange opened sharply higher on Wednesday, driven by investors satisfied with Donald Trump’s victory in the American presidential election.
Around 2:45 p.m. GMT (3:45 p.m. in France), the Dow Jones soared by 3.08%, the Nasdaq index by 2.12% and the broader S&P 500 index by 2.00%. From the opening, Dow Jones and S&P 500 set new session records.
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Zelensky hopes Trump will help Ukraine achieve ‘just peace’
Donald Trump has already received a shower of congratulations from foreign leaders, from Emmanuel Macron to Benjamin Netanyahu, from Volodymyr Zelensky to NATO chief Mark Rutte, from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen .
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated the billionaire on “his impressive victory”, hoping that his election will help Ukraine achieve a “just peace”. “I appreciate President Trump’s commitment to the ‘peace through strength’ approach to global affairs. This is exactly the principle that can concretely bring Ukraine closer to a just peace,” responded Volodymyr Zelensky.
Donald Trump has repeatedly insisted that he can impose peace in Ukraine in “24 hours”, without ever explaining how but by decrying the extent of the aid given to kyiv to resist the Russian invasion. He also made laudatory remarks about Vladimir Putin.
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Françoise Coste: “No other Democrat could have beaten Donald Trump”
Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris shows a shift among black or Latino men formerly supported by Democrats, and a rejection of immigration and inflation, according to historian Françoise Coste. Read our interview.
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Donald Trump’s incredible comeback
Given up for political death after his defeat against Joe Biden four years ago, Donald Trump triumphed at the polls by crushing Kamala Harris. Our journalist Axel Gyldén returns to this scenario that the Democrats did not see coming.
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The results map, state by state
Donald Trump won the presidential election in the United States against Democrat Kamala Harris, American media announced this Wednesday, after winning the state of Wisconsin, allowing him to surpass the bar of 270 electors. Discover with our map the states won by the two candidates:
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Donald Trump, his program and the American economy
The Republican candidate’s radical proposals would wreak havoc on American businesses, workers and consumers, warns economist Adam Posen, who heads the Peterson Institute for International Economics, one of the most influential think tanks in Washington. Read his analysis.
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The three reasons that explain Kamala Harris’ defeat
For the second time in a few years, a woman candidate for the White House failed to be elected at the head of the world’s leading power, after a campaign in which the issue of gender was a central element.