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Trump: “It’s a political victory that has never been seen before. I’m going to be the 47º president”
The Republican candidate for the Presidency, Donald Trump, was proclaimed himself the winner of the US elections early Wednesday morning, in a victory that is close to being confirmed and that points to that it has been overwhelming against the Democrat Kamala Harris.
It will be the first time in more than a century that a former president becomes one again after losing an election and also the first time that a convicted person reaches the presidency of the country.
“What has happened is crazy, it is a political victory that had not been seen before in our country,” Trump proclaimed at an event held at the West Palm Beach Convention Center (Florida), where his followers have gathered to wait for the results.
The former president (2017-2021) went out to celebrate, accompanied by his whole family and his vice-presidential formula, the senator for Ohio J.D.Vance, at 2.20 in the morning (7.20 GMT).
He showed up even before mathematically getting the 270 compromises necessary to be president, although Fox, a channel related to the conservative party, had already predicted it a few minutes before.
The golden age of the United States.
“We are going to help our country heal. We have a country that needs help very urgently. We are going to fix our borders,” the president said in a speech that lasted just over half an hour.
“This will truly be the golden age of the United States,” added the 78-year-old former president, who this year was convicted by a New York court for having forged commercial records to buy the silence of porn actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election campaign.
He is also for interfering in the last elections, which he lost to Joe Biden, and for the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, although as president he will have the power to order the Department of Justice to close the investigations against him.
A faster count than expected
Despite the fact that, given the tightness of the polls, a long count was estimated that could even last days, the results have been known much faster than expected and the Republican has soon been awarded North Carolina, Georgia and the coveted state of Pennsylvania.
The Democrats also lost control of the Senate, which fell into the hands of the Republicans after reaching the 51 votes necessary for the majority after four years in opposition.
The electoral battle is now in control of the Lower House, which the Republicans aspire to retain and in which they have an advantage in the recount, although there are still more than fifty seats to be decided.
A debacle for Harris
The one who did not come out to show her face tonight was the vice president, Kamala Harris, despite the fact that her followers were waiting for her at Howard University in the US capital, where she installed her headquarters.
Shortly after midnight, in the face of the disastrous evolution for the Democrats of the count, Harris’ campaign announced that he was not going to appear tonight.
In facent of dozens of people waiting for the vice president, who assumed the candidacy for the presidency after Joe Biden’s abandonment, a representative of her campaign briefly came out to explain that she will speak this Wednesday.
Before moving to West Palm Beach, Trump followed the results in his mansion in Mar-a-Lago, in South Florida.
He offered a dinner in which he was accompanied by various personalities, including the son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Eduardo Bolsonaro, British politician Nigel Farage and tycoon Elon Musk, one of the public figures who has been most present in his campaign.
International
Man arrested after deliberately driving into seven children in Osaka
Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after he rammed his car into a group of seven schoolchildren in an apparent deliberate attack in the city of Osaka.
The children, who were on their way home from school, sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital. All seven remained conscious, according to local authorities.
An Osaka police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect is a 28-year-old man from Tokyo. The officer shared statements the man made after his arrest: “I was fed up with everything, so I decided to kill people by driving into several elementary school children,” the suspect reportedly said.
The man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The injured children, aged between seven and eight, included a seven-year-old girl who suffered a fractured jaw. The six other children—all boys—suffered minor injuries such as bruises and scratches and were undergoing medical evaluation.
Witnesses described the car as “zigzagging” before hitting the children. One witness told Nippon TV that a girl was “covered in blood” and the others appeared to have scratches.
Another witness said the driver, who was wearing a face mask, looked to be in shock when school staff pulled him from the vehicle.
Violent crimes are rare in Japan, though serious incidents do occur from time to time. In 2008, Tomohiro Kato drove a two-ton truck into pedestrians in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, then fatally stabbed several victims. Seven people were killed in that attack.
Internacionales
Clashes erupt during may day protests across France amid calls for better wages
May Day protests in France were marked by a heavy police presence and clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement in several cities.
In Paris, Lyon, and Nantes, thousands took to the streets to demand better wages, fairer working conditions, and to voice their dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
While the majority of the demonstrations remained peaceful, isolated confrontations broke out in some areas. Protesters threw objects at the police, prompting the use of tear gas and resulting in several arrests.
Videos showing police crackdowns circulated widely on social media, drawing criticism from labor unions and human rights advocates, who denounced the authorities’ response to the protests.
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Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.
During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.
“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.
“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”
Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.
On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.
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