Donald Trump has vowed to be ‘president for all Americans’ after pulling off an astonishing victory in the race for the White House.
He told jubilant supporters it was ‘now time for America to bind the wounds of division and come together’.
And he pledged to keep his promise to ‘make America great again’ after beating Hillary.Clinton in a battle which went down to the wire.
At the end of one of the most divisive elections in modern US history, the Republican candidate sealed victory when he took key battleground states Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The Clinton camp initially refused to throw in the towel. But Mr Trump told supporters shortly before 8am UK time: ‘I’ve just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated us – it’s
about us – on our victory and I congratulated her and her family on a very, very hard fought campaign.’
Mike Pence, the new Vice President, said: ‘This is a historic night. The American people have spoken and people have elected their new champion.’ It appears as thought people bought into the ‘make America great again’ mantra and his
pledge to reduce taxes ‘across the board’.
Mr Trump went out of his way to show
magnanimity towards a campaign rival he had labelled ‘crooked Hillary’.
And there was none of his trademark
confrontational rhetoric as he made his victory speech.
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