Donald J. Trump rode a promise to smash the American status quo to win the presidency for a second time, surviving a criminal conviction, indictments, an assassin\u2019s bullet, accusations of authoritarianism and an unprecedented switch of his opponent to complete a remarkable return to power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Trump\u2019s victory caps the astonishing political comeback of a man who was charged with plotting to overturn the last election but who tapped into frustrations and fears about the economy and illegal immigration to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His defiant plans to upend the country\u2019s political system held appeal to tens of millions of voters who feared that the American dream was drifting further from reach and who turned to Mr. Trump as a battering ram against the ruling establishment and the expert class of elites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a deeply divided nation, voters embraced Mr. Trump\u2019s pledge to seal the southern border by almost any means, to revive the economy with 19th-century-style tariffs that would restore American manufacturing and to lead a retreat from international entanglements and global conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> Nyt has it now after calling wisconsin #election<\/a> #electionresults<\/a> #politics<\/a> #usa<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/DFfGWwjOcx<\/a><\/p>— Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) November 6, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>