According to unofficial results, Republican candidate Donald Trump is leading the race with 267 delegates, while his opponent Kamala Harris has 194 delegates. The American Fox channel announced that Republican candidate Donald Trump won the US presidential election.
Republican Donald Trump announced that he won the election and said, “We made history! Look at the results, what happened! This is a political success. A political success that this country has never seen before.”
Millions of Americans went to the polls to determine the 47th US President, who will serve for a four-year term.
Voting for the critical election, where Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris faced off, began in the eastern states on November 5 at 14:00 Turkish time.
As the results continue to come in from the ballot boxes, critical hours have also begun in the election.
The people vote for the new president of the United States, as well as for the entire 435-seat House of Representatives and 34 seats in the 100-member Senate, which are the two chambers of Congress.
Trump declared the election as winner
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump declared his victory.
Trump began his speech by saying, “This is truly amazing. I thank you all so much,” and continued, “This is an incredible move, a move that has never been seen before. This is the biggest political move this country has ever seen. You will see how our country will recover. Our country needs help.”
Trump said, “We made history,” and continued: “Look, look at the results, what happened! This is a political success. This is a political success that this country has never seen before. I thank you for electing me as the 47th President of the United States.”
Stating that they had regained control of the Senate, Trump said, “We won everywhere. This is a mega move. The percentage of victories in the Senate is incredible. Nobody expected such a victory, I thank everyone.”
Trump also gave the message in his statement, “We will close our borders and we will not allow these people (immigrants) to come to our country. They can come again, but they will come illegally from now on.”
Trump also thanked American billionaire Elon Musk and said, “We have a new star, a new star. Elon Musk! He is a wonderful person.”
Harris canceled his speech
It was announced that Democratic candidate Kamala Harris will not give a speech tonight. Harris, who is behind her opponent Trump in the number of delegates in the US presidential race, made a statement from her campaign manager Cedric Richmond.
Richmond, who took the podium at the platform set up at Howard University in the capital Washington, where Harris was following the election results, made a short statement and stated that Harris will not give a speech tonight.
Richmond, who said to the crowd that came to the campus to support Harris, “There are still votes to be counted, there are states whose results have not yet been announced,” said that Harris will make a statement about the election results tomorrow.