DON POWER AGAIN IN U.S.P

DONALD Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the US Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.

- ZEKE MILLER

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With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. The victory validates his bare-knuckle approach to politics. He attacked his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, in deeply personal often misogynistic and racistterms as he pushed an apocalyptic picture of a country overrun by violent migrants. The rhetoric, paired with an image of hypermasculinity, resonated with angry voters particularly menin a deeply polarised nation.

"I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honour of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president," Trump told cheering supporters in Florida.

Trump's win after a gap of four years is also spectacular in the sense that only one other American president has secured two non-consecutive terms. Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president, served as the US president between 1885-1889 and 1893-1897.