Politics

Donald Trump has called the support he built a ‘realignment’, going beyond his base into territory previously deemed out of bounds for a Republican candidate.

We made history, Donald Trump told his cheering supporters at his election party in West Palm Beach, Florida, last night.

Donald Trump has won the election, beating Kamala Harris and the Democrats, and will be the next president of the United States – but what kind of leader will he be?

We’re joined by Sarah Churchwell, who’s professor of American Culture and Humanities at the University of London.

We’re joined by Labour’s Emily Thornberry, who’s chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, and Conservative MP and former Security Minister Tom Tugendhat.

World leaders have rushed to congratulate Donald Trump, and Nato and European leaders have hailed Mr Trump’s “strong leadership”.

Sir Keir Starmer has said Britain and America will continue standing “shoulder to shoulder” after Trump’s election win.

From deregulation to soaring trade tariffs – what impact is Trump’s win likely to have on global financial stability

Kamala Harris has yet to speak in public and concede. She was a no-show at her own election party overnight, and her campaign, which promised such optimism and hope, has ended in defeat.

We’re joined by pollster and political advisor James Johnson, who correctly predicted the scale of this win for Donald Trump.

Who were the voters who put Trump back in the White House? As expected, he did well among older voters and white men.

We’re joined by Democratic Representative of Pennsylvania Andre Carroll, and Republican strategist Dennis Powell.

At Howard University, Kamala Harris’s alma mater, the crestfallen crowd gradually melted away, the music and the mood died away and the Vice President never showed up.

He tried to overthrow the last election result but he won this one fair and square.

It is not just economics that is worrying European leaders. Another huge area of concern for Europe is what Donald Trump will do over Ukraine.