Trump Secures Arizona, Completes Swing State Sweep In Presidential Comeback Against Harris

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With his victory in Arizona on Saturday, Donald Trump completed the Republican Party’s sweep of all seven swing states in the US presidential election scheduled for November 5. He overturned Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in the state by securing the state and its 11 electoral votes for the Republicans. Trump has so far received 312 electoral votes, easily exceeding the 270 needed to win the presidency, according to the most recent data. The excellent campaign he ran in 2016 earned him 304 electoral votes. Including crucial swing states like Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin—all of which voted Democratic in the last election—US media have proclaimed Trump the winner in more than half of the 50 states. In the battleground states of Nevada and North Carolina, he also prevailed.

With 226 electoral votes, Harris, who took Biden’s place as the Democratic nominee in July, is 81 years old. Following Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris, the White House will be divided between the Republicans and Democrats for the fourth straight term, a degree of party instability not seen in the US since the late 19th century. “Canada on ‘High Alert’ as US Border Braces For Migrant Surge Ahead Of Trump Presidency” On Wednesday, Biden, who resigned from the campaign on age concerns, will meet with Trump at the Oval Office. The Trump 2.0.

Trump 2.0 Donald Trump has started putting together his second administration in advance of his January 20 inauguration, designating Susie Wiles, his campaign manager, as the White House chief of staff. The 67-year-old Wiles is the first woman to hold this important position. Other contenders for Trump 2.0 include Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to whom Trump has promised a “big role” in healthcare; former ambassador to Germany Ric Grenell, a prominent contender for the position of secretary of state; and Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, who might be assigned to audit government waste.

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