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The Fox News Decision Desk projects erstwhile President Trump has defeated Vice President Kamala Harris successful a stunning victory, delivering him a 2nd word successful the White House aft a historical predetermination rhythm filled with unprecedented twists and turns and 2 attempts connected his life.
Trump volition beryllium the archetypal president to service 2 nonconsecutive presumption since Grover Cleveland successful 1892 — and lone the 2nd successful history.
Trump was archetypal elected president successful 2016, defeating erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and vowing to "Make America Great Again." He mislaid re-election to President Biden successful 2020 during the planetary coronavirus pandemic but re-claimed the White House successful 2024 aft a astir two-year campaign, vowing to "Make America Great Once Again."
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Former President Trump laughs aft speaking during a run rally connected Thursday, Oct. 24, successful Las Vegas. (AP/Alex Brandon)
Trump formally announced his statesmanlike run connected Nov. 15, 2022 – conscionable days aft the midterm elections.
Trump campaigned for a 2nd word connected the grounds of his archetypal and focused connected the failures of the Biden-Harris administration. The erstwhile president was capable to constituent to the reversal of immoderate of his cardinal policies arsenic reasons wherefore ostentation roseate and the U.S. borderline situation worsened.
Trump faced a crowded GOP superior field, but emerged arsenic the frontrunner yet again, easy defeating his opponents – each of whom yet endorsed him to beryllium the 47th President of the United States – and winning each superior contest.
Vice President Kamala Harris (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Until July, Trump was moving against Biden, who was seeking re-election for a 2nd term.
But the 2 debated for the archetypal clip successful June, and weeks later, aft a disastrous statement performance, Biden was pressured by Democrat insiders to suspend his statesmanlike bid.
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Biden made the announcement successful a societal media station and endorsed Harris to beryllium the Democratic statesmanlike nominee successful his place, moving his vice president to the apical of the ticket.
Former President Trump and President Biden statement astatine CNN's studios successful Atlanta, Georgia, connected June 27, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The determination for Biden to driblet retired of the contention came conscionable days aft the Republican National Convention (RNC) finished, and aft Trump and his moving mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, formally accepted the GOP nomination.
But Trump, conscionable days earlier accepting the Republican nomination, survived an assassination effort astatine a rally connected July 13 successful Butler, Pennsylvania. During the event, Trump was showing disconnected a illustration highlighting however amerciable migration skyrocketed nether the Biden-Harris administration. As helium turned toward the chart, helium was deed by a slug that pierced the precocious portion of his close receptor by the now-deceased would-be-assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks. Trump credits the illustration for redeeming his life.
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Donald Trump shakes hands with JD Vance during the archetypal time of the Republican National Convention successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
But weeks later, successful September, different would-be-assassin hid himself successful the bushes astatine Trump International Golf Course successful West Palm Beach, Florida. The gunman, Ryan Wesley Routh, had an AK-47-style firearm pointing done the obstruction toward Trump arsenic helium was golfing. Trump was rushed disconnected the play people by U.S. Secret Service agents unharmed.
Just a time later, Trump told Fox News Digital successful an exclusive interrogation that the "rhetoric" of Biden, Harris and the Democrats was to blame.
Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents aft being changeable astatine a run rally connected July 13, 2024, successful Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
"He believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and helium acted connected it," Trump said of the gunman. "Their rhetoric is causing maine to beryllium changeable at, erstwhile I americium the 1 who is going to prevention the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the state – some from the wrong and out."
The wide predetermination showcased 2 precise antithetic visions for the aboriginal of the United States of America.
The Trump run touted pro-growth, America archetypal economical policies, securing the border, ending inflation, and restoring "peace done strength" arsenic portion of the president's plan.
The Trump campaign’s closing connection was: "Harris broke it. Trump volition hole it."
Secret Service agents thin to a wounded Trump onstage astatine a rally connected July 13, 2024, successful Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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In the last weeks of the campaign, Trump traveled to Pennsylvania to enactment astatine a McDonald's drive-thru model arsenic a fry navigator successful a jab astatine Harris, who antecedently claimed that she worked astatine the fast-food chain.
Meanwhile, Harris campaigned that Trump was a menace to ideology and warned supporters that helium would motion a nationalist termination prohibition – thing Trump repeatedly denied.
Trump works the drive-thru enactment arsenic helium visits a McDonald's edifice connected Oct. 20, 2024, successful Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
As for the rhetoric, it ne'er rather fizzled. Trump held a massive, sold-out run rally conscionable a week earlier Election Day astatine Madison Square Garden successful traditionally bluish New York City. Democrats, including Harris, aboriginal likened Trump to "Hitler."
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And little than a week earlier Election Day, Biden described Trump supporters arsenic "garbage."
Former President Trump talks to reporters arsenic helium sits successful a garbage motortruck Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, successful Green Bay, Wisconsin. (AP)
Trump landed cardinal endorsements from apical Republicans during his bid for the White House but besides created improbable allies, similar erstwhile Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and erstwhile Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.
Trump besides drew enactment from apical concern leaders similar Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick. Lutnick told Fox News Digital that galore Wall Street leaders had privately committed their enactment to Trump.
Trump supporters extracurricular of Madison Square Garden. (Fox News Digital )
Trump’s triumph comes aft years of what his run called a "weaponization" of the Justice Department.
Trump’s post-presidential beingness and 3rd run was reminiscent of his days successful the Oval Office, marred by investigations, which the erstwhile president and his allies said were conscionable portion of an effort by his governmental opponents to forestall him from moving for re-election successful 2024.
Trump, who was the archetypal president successful U.S. past to beryllium impeached and acquitted twice, was besides the archetypal president to beryllium indicted, not conscionable once, but 4 times over.
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Just days aft announcing his re-election bid successful November 2022, Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland tapped erstwhile DOJ authoritative Jack Smith arsenic peculiar counsel. The assignment came respective months aft the FBI conducted an unprecedented raid connected Trump’s Mar-a-Lago location successful Florida, claiming helium improperly retained classified records from his presidency. Trump pleaded not blameworthy to the charges stemming from that probe.
The lawsuit was yet tossed wholly by a national justice successful Florida, who ruled that Smith was improperly and unlawfully appointed arsenic peculiar counsel.
Smith besides took implicit an probe into alleged 2020 predetermination interference. Trump besides pleaded not guilty, but his attorneys took the combat to the U.S. Supreme Court to reason connected the ground of statesmanlike immunity.
Former President Trump awaits the commencement of proceedings astatine Manhattan transgression court, April 22, 2024, successful New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)
The precocious tribunal ruled that Trump was immune from prosecution for authoritative statesmanlike acts, forcing Smith to record a caller indictment. Trump pleaded not blameworthy to those caller charges arsenic well. Trump attorneys are present seeking to person the predetermination interference charges dropped successful Washington, D.C., likewise alleging that Smith was appointed unlawfully.
TRUMP SAYS SUPREME COURT RULING IN COLORADO CASE IS 'UNIFYING AND INSPIRATIONAL'
But that lawsuit wasn’t the archetypal Trump-related Supreme Court ruling this predetermination cycle. Colorado, attempting to usage the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, sought to region Trump from the 2024 superior ballot, but the Supreme Court sided unanimously with the erstwhile president, impacting efforts successful respective different states to bash the same.
In 2023, Trump was charged by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg with allegedly falsifying concern records. Trump pleaded not blameworthy to each charges but sat done an unprecedented six-week transgression proceedings successful New York City this spring. The assemblage recovered him guilty.
Trump appealed the ruling, and the justice presiding implicit the lawsuit acceptable his sentencing day for aft the election.
Trump besides sat wrong a courtroom successful the autumn of 2023 for a civilian fraud proceedings stemming from a suit brought against him by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Judge Arthur Engoron demanded Trump wage much than $450 million.
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But a New York appeals tribunal appeared open-minded and receptive successful September to reversing oregon reducing that judgment.
Trump has besides appealed a ruling to wage E. Jean Carroll much than $80 cardinal successful a defamation suit. As president, Trump said Carroll was lying astir allegations of intersexual assault. This year, a New York assemblage ruled that helium defamed Carroll’s quality successful denying the allegations and defending himself.
Former President Trump turned himself successful August 2023 astatine the Fulton County Jail successful Atlanta. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office)
And successful Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis charged Trump successful her predetermination interference case. He pleaded not blameworthy but was booked and had his mugshot taken – a photograph his run utilized passim the predetermination rhythm to exemplify the "lawfare" utilized against him.
A Georgia justice tossed a fig of charges against Trump, and the lawsuit is connected hold.
The aboriginal of the cases and charges bent successful limbo, arsenic the president-elect volition person the powerfulness to pardon himself erstwhile sworn in.
Trump delivered pizzas to FDNY pursuing a time successful court. (Fox News)
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But Trump, done each of the unprecedented ineligible challenges, took each accidental to campaign. After hours successful tribunal this spring, Trump delivered pizzas to the New York City Fire Department.
Trump told his supporters helium thought the prosecutions would person "the reverse effect" connected his statesmanlike bid – and helium was seemingly right.
Brooke Singman is simply a governmental analogous and newsman for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
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