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I managed to convince my 73-year-old, lifelong Republican mother to vote straight Democrat in Florida. I thought maybe this country was finally ready to start scraping the muck off our national shoes... joke's on me!"
One voice seemed to capture the weariness that many feel, sharing a personal anecdote
Congrats, America. You've really shat the bed with this one,
One commenter bluntly remarked ... receiving thousands of upvotesWe tried! A lot of us tried, at any rate. Not enough, apparently, ... I tried so hard, and my family and I are so tired of it all."
one user lamented, while another shared the emotional toll, writingThe loss of human compassion has really shaken me too,
said one user, capturing a sentiment echoed by others who felt that divisions have only intensified over the yearsWe need to stop pretending half the country being incredibly difficult is something the DNC can magically solve. People intentionally chose to support and vote for him."
However, another comment touched on the country’s polarising divide, remarkingThe Democratic Party leadership, Biden, Harris, and their entire staff should be held responsible for spending four years trying to appease instead of inspiring their actual base."
Another addedTrump promises Golden Age after sweeping Harris aside.”
The Times opted for a different tone, choosing the headline
American Dread”, a play on the American dream,
The Guardian led with two wordsFace it, liberals, this is what millions wanted.”
The paper also included on its front page the headline of an opinion piece, titledTrump’s back for Season 2
the paper wrote, despite being “shot, sued, tried, insulted and written off”.Trump pulls off comeback for the ages with election win."
The subheadline states
Embalado por voto rural, Trump supera desempenho de 2020," ... Driven by rural vote, Trump outperforms his 2020 performance."
The front page of O Estado de S. Paulo, the Brazilian newspaper, headlinesWe are going to help our country heal.
And he vowed to now work to unify a fractured and bitterly divided United States, saying
They say I’m a threat to democracy, but I literally just took a bullet for democracy!
Then he laughedI’d like to begin by asking a very simple question: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
Trump started his rally speech by sayingIt was a historic realignment, uniting citizens of all backgrounds around a common core of common sense.
As he said in his victory speech last nightThe American people delivered a resounding victory for President Trump, and it gives him a mandate to govern as he campaigned, to deliver on the promises that he made,
Leavitt saidThis is a movement like nobody's ever seen before and, frankly, this was, I believe, the greatest political movement of all time,
Trump added
I want to close the border and I want to drill, drill, drill,
Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity during a town hall event in December 2023.jpg)
Donald Trump has just been elected President for a THIRD time."
Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia claimed on Wednesday