Donald Trump will become the 45th US president after a stunning victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton. The Republican nominee's ...
Donald Trump will become the 45th US president after a stunning victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton.
The Republican nominee's victory came down to a handful of key swing states, despite months of polling that favoured Mrs Clinton.
The battlegrounds of Florida, Ohio and North Carolina cleared the way for his Brexit-style upset.
Global markets plummeted, with the US dollar diving and gold prices surging.
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Mr Trump's shock victory in Wisconsin put him over the 270 out of 538 electoral college votes needed to win the White House, after a gruelling and rancorous campaign.
The US president-elect took to the stage with his family at his victory rally in a New York hotel ballroom and said: "I just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated us on our victory.
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