Trump Returns to Power After Dark and Defiant Campaign

“Donald J. Trump has defeated Vice President Kamala Harris, riding a wave of anxiousness over inflation and illegal immigration to bring a strongman-style politics to the White House, and making him the first former president since Grover Cleveland to win a second term after a re-election defeat,” the New York Times reports.

“Voters chose Mr. Trump as the stronger leader for uncertain times and as one they saw as a proven economic champion. They looked past his 34 felony convictions, his role inspiring an assault on the Capitol and his indictments on charges of attempting to subvert the 2020 election and to hold on to classified documents.”

“Mr. Trump’s victory in one of the most tumultuous campaigns in memory — including two failed assassination attempts — makes him, at 78, the oldest man to be elected president.”

Washington Post: “His was a campaign as dark as any in recent memory, filled with invective, fear and vows of retribution — hostile and divisive at its core. Yet, for all that, Donald Trump is, once again, headed to the White House as president. He will carry into the Oval Office promises that would upend the governing order, shatter global alliances and further tear the country apart.”