Donald Trump has been triumphantly elected to make his return to the White House as the 47th President of the United States.
The vote was decisively called in favor of the Republican candidate by The Associated Press news agency in the early hours of Wednesday.
This remarkable victory has been met with international congratulations although it is likely to inject further uncertainty into an already turbulent geopolitical landscape.
The election results revealed Trump outpacing Vice President Kamala Harris in a race that was noticeably less contested than anticipated, as he claimed critical victories in pivotal battleground states.
His success in Wisconsin, following earlier victories in Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, propelled the former president above the crucial threshold of 270 Electoral College votes necessary to secure the White House in Tuesday’s election.
At present, Trump’s success in these pivotal swing states has earned him 277 electoral votes compared to Harris’s 224. Despite polls predicting a much tighter race, it seems that intense fervor has propelled the Republican’s extraordinary resurgence from his 2020 defeat and the widespread disdain stemming from his initial refusal to acknowledge that result.