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The President will return to his desk triumphantly with a fresh mandate to fix the biggest problems confronting our nation. And this time he brings a hard-earned understanding of how to make Washington work for him,
said Republican strategist John Ashbrook
There's going to be very few restraints on Trump and I think he's going to feel very empowered with that decision in his pocket,
said Fordham University law professor Cheryl Bader
With a 54-seat majority, which is where I think the Senate is shaking out right now, he should be able to confirm most of his qualified cabinet nominees,
Jon Lieber, a former Republican Senate aide now with the Eurasia group, told reporters on a conference callWe're looking at younger, more MAGA folks. More MAGA and less Republican than in the past,
said one donor who spoke on condition of anonymity, referring to Trump's "Make America Great Again" sloganThis is unironically peak performance. Trump is making a campaign call, Dana is dealing with a fighter, and Elon is looking at memes on X,
the user wrote
I think a lot of it came down to the fact that prices remained high under Biden,
J. Miles Coleman, an analyst with the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, told DW
But the shock and surprise this year are nothing compared to what it was like in the US in 2016
when Trump first won ... Campbell told DWHarris banked on this issue and it appealed to 18- to 29-year-old women, where she made inroads,
said EganA lot of what Americans care about is bread and butter domestic issues,
Egan saidTrump did pretty well with minorities, that's unusual for a Republican candidate,
Campbell saidTrump made an aggressive pitch to 18- to 29-year-old men across different ethnic groups and was successful,
Michelle Egan, a professor of politics, governance and economics at American University, told DWElections in this country are almost always a referendum on the incumbent administration and Harris didn't divorce herself enough from that,
he saidAmerica has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate,
Trump said early on Wednesday to a roaring crowd at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in Florida
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It was a hell of a good day,
said Mitch McConnell, the longtime Senate Republican leaderI want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honour of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president,
he saidWe made history for a reason tonight, and the reason is going to be just that we overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible, and it is now clear that we've achieved the most incredible political thing,
Trump said in his speechWe’re going to help our country heal".
At the same time, he addedTogether, let’s work for the betterment of our people and to promote global peace, stability and prosperity,
he said
It is important for Democratic and other elected officials to recognize that Vice President Harris' steep drop in support in key states compared to President Biden's 2020 victory resulted, in part, from the deep frustration and disillusionment that many young, Muslim, Arab, Black and other voters feel with the Biden-Harris administration due to its steadfast financial and military support for Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza."
Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told Newsweek in statement
The Harris campaign made some big bets on enthusiasm and turnout among some groups fundamentally changing the election equation, which did not pay off,
Grant Davis Reeher, a political science professor at Syracuse University, told Newsweek