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Donald Trump wins the elections in the United States after a close campaign and will be president again
The Republican candidate, Donald Trump, was proclaimed this Wednesday the winner of the elections in the United States and will return to the White House, after a close electoral campaign, to become the 47th president of the country.
Trump exceeded the 270 electoral votes necessary to proclaim himself victorious against his rival, the Democratic candidate and vice president of the Government, Kamala Harris.
According to the US suffrage system, the president is proclaimed by the Electoral College, a body made up of 538 delegates who elect the states according to their population.
The winning candidate in each state, even by a single vote, takes all his compromises with the exception of Nebraska and Maine and the one who reaches 270 wins the elections.
Before the total results were known, the former president had already attributed the victory against Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris during a rally before his followers in Palm Beach (Florida), after checking his good partial results and winning the popular vote.
It will be the first time in more than a century that a former president becomes one again (he already ruled between 2017 and 2021) after losing elections (those of 2020) and also the first time that a convicted criminal reaches the Presidency of the country.
First conciliatory speech
Accompanied by his family and campaign managers, the former president assured from Palm Beach that he will govern for everyone and that “together” they will make a better United States.
“Success will unite us, and we will start by putting the United States first. I won’t let them down,” he said during a speech of less than half an hour at the Palm Beach Convention Center (on the east coast of Florida).
The former Republican president thanked each of his family members and Americans in a statement that had a mostly conciliatory tone and in which he invited to “put behind the divisions of recent years.”
Trump celebrated his good results in key states such as North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and boasted himself for having regained the majority in the Senate for the Republicans, while control of the House of Representatives remains in the air.
Before finishing the recount and after some important data on the voting trend throughout the country became known, Harris decided to cancel the speech he was scheduled to offer at the end of the election day and postponed it until this Wednesday, according to his campaign.
Trump gets the popular vote
The Republican has also won the popular vote (more than 71 million votes compared to Harris’ 66, according to preliminary ballot data), something that the Republicans had not achieved in 20 years, since the 2004 elections in which the Republican George W. Bush achieved 59 million votes against the democrat John Kerry’s 55.4.
In the 2016 elections, Trump arrived at the White House after having won the electoral vote (306 votes), but in popular vote he was almost three million below (63 against 65.8 million) of his then rival, the Democrat Hillary Clinton.
The billionaire’s victory has been met with increases in the stock markets around the world, while most political leaders have congratulated Trump and wished that his mandate prioritize international cooperation.
International
Claudia Sheinbaum: Operation Against ‘El Mencho’ Was Based on Pending Arrest Warrants
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday rejected claims that the military operation that resulted in the death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was carried out under pressure from the United States government.
Sheinbaum explained that the deployment of federal forces was aimed at executing outstanding arrest warrants against Oseguera Cervantes, who was considered one of the most wanted criminals in both Mexico and the United States.
“That was not the objective (to ease pressure from the United States). It is very important, and I want to repeat it. This individual had an arrest warrant, or several,” Sheinbaum said, referring to the operation conducted on February 22.
According to the president, the initial goal was to capture Oseguera Cervantes, but military forces responded after coming under attack during the intervention.
“The operation was to detain him. The problem is that they were attacked — the Secretariat of National Defense — and they responded at that moment,” she said.
The president insisted that the action was not carried out in response to external demands, although she acknowledged intelligence cooperation with the United States.
“It was not done in any way because of pressure from the United States, not at all. Of course, there was intelligence information from the United States that was used specifically,” she concluded.
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Spain Denies Any Agreement to Cooperate with U.S. Military in Iran Operations
Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares on Wednesday firmly denied that Madrid has agreed to cooperate with the U.S. military in operations against Iran, contradicting statements made minutes earlier by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“I categorically deny it,” Albares said in a radio interview cited by EFE. “The position of the Spanish government regarding the war in the Middle East, the bombings in Iran, and the use of our bases has not changed by a single comma.”
Earlier in the day, Leavitt told reporters that Spain had “agreed to cooperate with the United States military in recent hours,” following President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a trade embargo on Madrid. Trump had warned of economic measures after Spain reportedly refused to allow the Pentagon to use facilities at Spanish bases for operations related to Iran.
“I have no idea what that could be referring to or where it could be coming from,” Albares said, insisting that Spain’s position “has not changed at all” and therefore “remains absolutely unchanged.” He added that he had “no desire” and “almost no time” to speculate about the White House spokesperson’s remarks.
Albares reiterated Spain’s “No to war” stance, which he said had been clearly and forcefully expressed by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in an institutional address. According to the foreign minister, that position has been supported by “many European colleagues.”
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White House Says Spain Agrees to Cooperate with U.S. Military After Trump Threatens Trade Embargo
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that Spain has agreed “in recent hours” to cooperate with the U.S. military, following President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a trade embargo on Madrid.
Trump had warned of potential commercial measures after Spain reportedly refused to allow the Pentagon to use facilities at Spanish military bases for operations related to Iran.
“With respect to Spain, I think you heard the president’s message yesterday loud and clear, and I understand that in recent hours they have agreed to cooperate with the United States military,” Leavitt said during a press briefing.
She added that the U.S. military is currently coordinating with its counterparts in Spain. However, the president expects broader support.
“The president expects that all of Europe, all of our European allies, of course, will cooperate in this important mission — not only for the United States, but also for Europe,” Leavitt said.
Her remarks came in response to questions about Spain’s position and its role as a U.S. ally amid rising tensions surrounding operations involving Iran.
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