Clear: Trump wins the presidential election in the United States - becomes the country's 47th president
Donald Trump wins the presidential election in the United States, the heavy news agency AP confirms at 11:30 a.m. This after several media companies such as Fox News, CNN and the calculation institute Decision Desk announced him as the winner in the early morning.
The announcement comes after Trump swept home four key swing states: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Georgia. This means that Trump has so far won 277 electoral votes against Harris' 224, according to AP.
Trump also has the lead in the last three swing states of Arizona, Michigan and Nevada, although these have not yet been decided.
The fact that Trump secured 270 electoral votes means that he will become the country's 47th president.
Donald Trump wins the presidential election in the United States, the heavy news agency AP confirms at 11:30 a.m. This after several media companies such as Fox News, CNN and the calculation institute Decision Desk announced him as the winner in the early morning.
The announcement comes after Trump swept home four key swing states: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Georgia. This means that Trump has so far won 277 electoral votes against Harris' 224, according to AP.
Trump also has the lead in the last three swing states of Arizona, Michigan and Nevada, although these have not yet been decided.
The fact that Trump secured 270 electoral votes means that he will become the country's 47th president.
Democratic votes
Harris has not yet been seen since the election loss
Only trash, flags and scores of empty folding chairs remain in front of the big screens at Howard University, where Kamala Harris and Tim Walz had hoped to give victory speeches on election night. Even before Donald Trump was declared the winner, Democrats began to mourn the election loss and abandoned the polling area, writes the BBC.
So far, Kamala Harris has not been seen, even though it has been almost four hours since Trump declared himself the winner. The Norwegian US expert Eirik Løkke tells Dagbladet that she probably needs time to absorb the election results.
- It is a huge disappointment for Harris. It may be that she needs some time to digest it before she makes a statement, he says.
Harris has not yet been seen since the election loss
Only trash, flags and scores of empty folding chairs remain in front of the big screens at Howard University, where Kamala Harris and Tim Walz had hoped to give victory speeches on election night. Even before Donald Trump was declared the winner, Democrats began to mourn the election loss and abandoned the polling area, writes the BBC.
So far, Kamala Harris has not been seen, even though it has been almost four hours since Trump declared himself the winner. The Norwegian US expert Eirik Løkke tells Dagbladet that she probably needs time to absorb the election results.
- It is a huge disappointment for Harris. It may be that she needs some time to digest it before she makes a statement, he says.
Votes on the election
Experts: The legacy of Biden became too big a problem
Was it a matter of gender, the choice of vice-presidential candidate or the fact that Kamala Harris did not distance herself sufficiently from Joe Biden that caused her to lose the election to Donald Trump? Norwegian TV2 has spoken to US connoisseurs whose opinions differ.
That two women have now lost elections to Donald Trump may indicate that the United States is not ready for a female president, says the channel's US commentator Eirik Bergesen. Political scientist Hilmar Mjelde instead thinks that Harris has been too invisible in the media, while Trump repeatedly made headlines.
But Harris' involvement in the media may also have caused it. Hilme Restad, associate professor at Oslo Nye Høyskole, highlights Kamala Harris' interview in "The View", where she could not name one thing that she would have done differently from Joe Biden in the last four years.
- In a situation where the sitting vice-president is standing in the election and the voters are extremely dissatisfied with their economy and price growth, it will be challenging, she says.
CNN's Edward-Isaac Dovere makes the same analysis. He describes the interview as a moment that "encapsulated one of the biggest challenges her campaign faced" — the loyalty to Biden and the need to distance herself from him.
Experts: The legacy of Biden became too big a problem
Was it a matter of gender, the choice of vice-presidential candidate or the fact that Kamala Harris did not distance herself sufficiently from Joe Biden that caused her to lose the election to Donald Trump? Norwegian TV2 has spoken to US connoisseurs whose opinions differ.
That two women have now lost elections to Donald Trump may indicate that the United States is not ready for a female president, says the channel's US commentator Eirik Bergesen. Political scientist Hilmar Mjelde instead thinks that Harris has been too invisible in the media, while Trump repeatedly made headlines.
But Harris' involvement in the media may also have caused it. Hilme Restad, associate professor at Oslo Nye Høyskole, highlights Kamala Harris' interview in "The View", where she could not name one thing that she would have done differently from Joe Biden in the last four years.
- In a situation where the sitting vice-president is standing in the election and the voters are extremely dissatisfied with their economy and price growth, it will be challenging, she says.
CNN's Edward-Isaac Dovere makes the same analysis. He describes the interview as a moment that "encapsulated one of the biggest challenges her campaign faced" — the loyalty to Biden and the need to distance herself from him.
Votes on the election
"Trump can dissolve NATO - without formally leaving"
There will be tangible consequences for the security situation in the world when Donald Trump moves into the White House again - not least for NATO member countries. This is what Magnus Christiansson, war scientist at the Norwegian Defense Academy, tells TT.
According to Trump, NATO countries must be ready to "pay their bills" in order to count on US support. In concrete terms, he could say that Article 5 should only apply to those states that set aside 2 percent of GDP for their defense, says Christiansson.
- It may not be the most likely, but it would mean that NATO ends - without the Americans formally leaving. Then he has broken Article 5 without violating the Atlantic Pact in any way.
The election result is a clear crossroads for the United States - and shows that Donald Trump is the "new normal" in the country, writes Sky News data analyst Lewis Goodall.
"I think American politics will be more like Trump in the future and less like Joe Biden, who represents a more post-war vision of the United States," he writes.
There will be tangible consequences for the security situation in the world when Donald Trump moves into the White House again - not least for NATO member countries. This is what Magnus Christiansson, war scientist at the Norwegian Defense Academy, tells TT.
According to Trump, NATO countries must be ready to "pay their bills" in order to count on US support. In concrete terms, he could say that Article 5 should only apply to those states that set aside 2 percent of GDP for their defense, says Christiansson.
- It may not be the most likely, but it would mean that NATO ends - without the Americans formally leaving. Then he has broken Article 5 without violating the Atlantic Pact in any way.
The election result is a clear crossroads for the United States - and shows that Donald Trump is the "new normal" in the country, writes Sky News data analyst Lewis Goodall.
"I think American politics will be more like Trump in the future and less like Joe Biden, who represents a more post-war vision of the United States," he writes.
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