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The Inside Story: USA Votes 2024: Trump Wins!

Episode 169 – November 7, 2024

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Voters successful the United States elite Donald Trump arsenic the country’s 47^th president.

See however predetermination nighttime unfolded successful a profoundly divided nation… and however it affects the equilibrium of powerfulness successful congress.

now, connected The Inside Story: Trump Wins.

The Inside Story:

CARLA BABB, VOA Correspondent:

Welcome to the Inside Story I’m Carla Babb successful Washington.

America has voted and we person a winner.

Former president Donald Trump volition beryllium the adjacent predident of the United States aft 1 of the astir divisive predetermination years successful modern history.

At 78, Trump is the oldest antheral ever elected president.

And helium is besides the archetypal president since Grover Cleveland to suffer reelection and past instrumentality to the White House. That was mode backmost successful 1892.

We statesman our sum with VOA nationalist Correspondent... Carolyn Presutti.

CAROLYN PRESUTTI, VOA National Correspondent:

The adjacent president of the United States is simply a acquainted one.

Donald Trump, President-Elect:

I privation to convey the American radical for the bonzer grant of being elected your 47th president and your 45th one.

CAROLYN PRESUTTI:

Former President Donald Trump waited much than 7 hours aft polls closed connected the eastbound seashore to code his followers

Donald Trump, President-Elect:

It’s clip to enactment your divisions of the past 4 years down us, it’s clip to unite.

CAROLYN PRESUTTI:

Supporters were ever assured contempt polls showing a razor-thin quality betwixt Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Steve McGuire, Trump Supporter:

I deliberation a batch of radical are conscionable bushed of what’s going. On successful the country. Just everything’s up: food, substance housing.

Alea Webber, Trump Supporter:

I similar the 4 years we had nether Trump and I’m hoping we tin get backmost to that.

CAROLYN PRESUTTI:

After Trump achieved the required 270 electoral votes, the reddish question continued successful the U.S. Senate arsenic the Republicans took the majority

It’s been a brutally agelong campaign, with Trump surviving 2 assassination attempts. A slug successful July grazed his ear, leaving an iconic representation of the statesmanlike campaigner mouthing "Fight Fight Fight."

Renee White was sitting down him that time successful Butler, Pennsylvania, and was successful Palm Beach predetermination night. She says Trump needs to support that cognition these adjacent 4 years.

Renee White, Trump Supporter:

I don’t deliberation it’s going to beryllium easy. You person to support fighting. USA, USA.

CAROLYN PRESUTTI:

It’s astir arsenic if this assemblage knew from the opening that their antheral would triumph again. These are the hats that were fixed retired arsenic radical walked into this predetermination ticker party. On the backmost -- Trump with 45 and 47 written connected the side.

Carolyn Presutti, VOA News, West Palm Beach, Florida.

CARLA BABB:

Carolyn joins america present from the Trump run Headquarters successful West Palm Beach Florida. Carolyn, I could consciousness the excitement connected your tv report. What’s the temper similar down there?

CAROLYN PRESUTTI:

It was surely a jubilant successful that normal hall. Every clip they amusement the figures connected the screen, erstwhile they would telephone states for Trump, everyone would erupt successful roars and cheers and claps. And it was astir a creation atmosphere. Toward the end, radical conscionable didn't privation to leave. And I deliberation contiguous they're waking up and thinking, Okay, let's get this medication started. They're calling it Trump 2.0

Whereas you person the Democrats connected the different broadside who are waking up and saying, Oh my gosh. What happened? Where did we spell wrong? Where did the polls not play retired correctly? I mean, the polls were showing a precise razor, bladed borderline betwixt these 2 candidates. But past erstwhile you look astatine these results, they aren’t razor thin.

So, I'm definite Democrats are going to spell backmost to the drafting committee and they're going to say, however tin we bash amended successful aboriginal races? How tin we bash amended successful aboriginal statesmanlike races? And erstwhile you look astatine those plaything states, my goodness, they were expected to split, right? Or astatine slightest Harris was expected to get 1 oregon 2 of those because, remember, 4 years agone successful 2020 Biden had flipped respective of those states from being reddish Republican states to democratic, bluish states. And this turnaround, Trump assistance them backmost to the reddish Republican state.

So each this is going to beryllium looked astatine successful the adjacent days, weeks, months ahead, to conscionable analyse what happened successful this predetermination for Democrats. And of course, Republicans going guardant are saying this is the temper of the country, and this is the mode that we volition proceed the adjacent 5 years. The nest 4 years.

CARLA BABB:

What reactions are we seeing to the Trump win?

CAROLYN PRESUTTI:

Well, present successful in West Palm Beach, I don't cognize if you tin spot it down me, but that is Mar a Lago, and that is wherever President Elect and aboriginal First Lady Melania live. That is their home. So this country is surely their moment, their residents. So the radical present are red, and they decidedly ballot Republican. Now each of Florida is Republican. And arsenic you saw successful this election, Florida did spell to Trump, and markets I spot are responding arsenic well.

CAROLYN PRESUTTI:

Absolutely. You know, Trump promised to get a amended clasp connected the economy. Dow Jones, Industrial Average soaring. Bitcoin was the precise archetypal banal to respond to this, and it was soaring too. So that conscionable shows you that determination is assurance successful the market, successful the economy, and this is what Trump has been promising each done the campaign. His supporters are saying, we told you so. So moving forward, we'll spot if that boost successful the system continues, if that boost successful the marketplace arsenic well.

CARLA BABB:

Carolyn Presutti successful West Palm Beach, Florida. Thanks truthful much.

CAROLYN PRESUTTI:

Thank you.

CARLA BABB:

President-elect Donald Trump declared triumph successful a code to his supporters from his run office successful Palm Beach, Florida. Here are immoderate of the highlights.

Donald Trump, President-Elect:

Thank you precise much. Well, I privation to convey you each precise much. This is great.

This was, I believe, the top governmental question of each time. There's ever been thing similar this successful this country, and possibly beyond. And present it's going to scope a caller level of importance, due to the fact that we're going to assistance our state heal, and assistance our state heal. We person a state that needs help, and it needs assistance precise badly. We're going to hole our borders. We're going to hole everything astir our country. We made past for a crushed tonight, and the crushed is going to beryllium conscionable that we overcame obstacles that cipher thought possible, and it is present wide that we've achieved the astir unthinkable governmental thing. Look what happened? Is this crazy?

And each citizen, I volition combat for you, for your household and your future. Every azygous time I volition beryllium warring for you, and with each enactment successful my body, I volition not remainder until we person delivered the strong, harmless and prosperous America that our children merit and that you deserve. This volition genuinely beryllium the aureate property of America. That's what we person done.

CARLA BABB:

It was a agelong nighttime for the Harris campaign. And Harris did not marque immoderate speeches connected Tuesday night. She addressed the federation connected Wednesday aft losing her historical bid for the Presidency.

Vice President Kamala Harris, Former Democratic Presidential Candidate:

Thank you all. Thank you, convey you. Thank you. Thank you. So fto maine say, and I emotion you back, and I emotion you back. So fto maine say, my bosom is afloat today. My bosom is afloat today, afloat of gratitude for the spot you person placed successful me, afloat of emotion for our state and afloat of resolve, the result of this predetermination is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we voted for, but Hear maine erstwhile I say, perceive maine erstwhile I say, the airy of America's committedness volition ever pain bright,as agelong arsenic we ne'er Give up and arsenic agelong arsenic we support fighting.

I americium truthful arrogant of the contention we ran and the mode we ran it and the mode we ran it implicit the 107 days of this campaign, we person been intentional astir gathering assemblage and gathering coalitions, bringing radical unneurotic from each locomotion of Life and background, agreed by emotion of country, with enthusiasm and joyousness successful our combat for America's future,and we did it with the cognition that we each person truthful overmuch much successful communal than what separates us.

Now I cognize folks are feeling and experiencing a scope of emotions close now. I get it, but we indispensable judge the results of this election. Earlier today, I spoke with President elite Trump and congratulated him connected his victory. I besides told him that we volition assistance him and his squad with their modulation and that we volition prosecute successful a peaceful transportation of power.

A cardinal rule of American ideology is that erstwhile we suffer an election, we judge the results. That principle, arsenic overmuch arsenic immoderate other, distinguishes ideology from monarchy oregon tyranny, and anyone who seeks the nationalist spot indispensable grant it astatine the aforesaid clip successful our nation, we beryllium loyalty not to a president oregon a enactment but to the Constitution of the United States.

CARLA BABB:

The Presidency wasn’t the lone contention connected the line. Control of the House and Senate were besides connected the ballot this year. Joining maine present is VOA legislature analogous Katherine Gypson with the latest connected these races.

Welcome to The Inside Story, Katherine.

KATHERINE GYPSON, VOA Congressional Correspondent:

Carla, acknowledgment truthful overmuch for having me. Well, from Montana to Nevada, Maryland to Texas, we instrumentality a look astatine the cardinal races astir the state successful the US Senate.

For the archetypal clip successful 4 years, Republicans person won a bulk successful the U.S. Senate.

Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader:

It’s a bully time for the GOP!

KATHERINE GYPSON:

In Texas, Democrat Colin Allred failed to bushed Republican Senator Ted Cruz.

Senator Ted Cruz, Republican:

I volition combat for you, for your jobs, for your information and for your law rights.

KATHERINE GYPSON:

All 435 seats successful the U.S. House of Representatives were besides up for re-election, with Republicans expected to clasp connected to their power of the little chamber.

In the Senate race, Democrats did unafraid wins successful California…

US Senator-Elect Adam Schiff, Democrat:

I americium committed to taking connected the large fights to support our freedoms and to support our democracy.

KATHERINE GYPSON:

And successful Arizona…

US Senator-Elect Ruben Gallego, Democrat:

A mediocre Latino lad who grew up sleeping connected the floor, volition beryllium headed to the level of the United States Senate.

KATHERINE GYPSON:

Control of the Senate was decided by a fewer cardinal races, wherever the result was uncertain. Races specified arsenic successful Ohio and successful Montana, wherever Republican Tim Sheehy bushed incumbent Democratic Senator Jon Tester.

With power of the U.S. Senate, Trump volition beryllium capable to corroborate his nominees to the highest tribunal successful the land, the U.S. Supreme Court, and has a smoother way to passing his legislative agenda.

Casey Burgat, George Washington University:

With a bulk for Donald Trump, helium tin not lone corroborate his furniture secretaries without having to get Democratic support, but besides sub-cabinet secretaries. There're thousands of appointments to beryllium made wrong the branches, and particularly wrong the courts.”

KATHERINE GYPSON:

Republicans past controlled some chambers of Congress during the archetypal 2 years of Trump’s archetypal word arsenic president successful 2017.

CARLA BABB:

Excellent reporting. Katherine, truthful the Senate is nether caller governmental leadership. There were 34 of the 100 seats up for grabs this election. Republicans person flipped a fewer of those seats inactive much near to beryllium determined. But is determination 1 contented successful those states that person flipped that voters decided was cardinal to flip from Democrat to Republican? Economy?

KATHERINE GYPSON:

Economy. “It's the system stupid”, which is an aged run slogan from the 90s. It inactive holds existent today. Reporting connected the crushed successful Nevada, was capable to speech to voters astatine a Republican Senate rally. They were determination for Captain Sam Brown, who was going up against Democrat and incumbent Jackie Rosen, 1 aft the other, ever disquieted astir the authorities of the system and feeling similar the US inactive hasn't travel retired of that station COVID Dip, that imaginable recession. They were saying that they missed the 4 years nether President Donald Trump. They wanted to get backmost to that, and the champion mode to bash that would beryllium to springiness him a Republican Senate.

CARLA BABB:

So were determination immoderate agleam spots for the Democrats?

KATHERINE GYPSON:

There were a mates successful California, Adam Schiff, who galore viewers whitethorn retrieve from Trump's impeachment trials. He is present the sitting US legislator from California, Maryland besides had an unfastened Senate contention that went the Democrats way, an African American woman, Angela Alsobrooks present appointed to the US Senate. So bits and pieces of agleam spots present and there, but not capable to support power of the US Senate.

CARLA BABB:

So let's crook to the house. The location has not been called yet. All of those House seats were up for grabs this election, and Republicans had power already, and we tin spot that they person picked up a fistful of seats. If they clasp power of the House, and we cognize that they clasp power of the Senate present they've gained power of the Senate. What does that bash for a Trump presidency?

KATHERINE GYPSON:

That's immense for a Trump presidency. That means that helium controls the White House and some led branches of the legislative limb of government. That means that helium faces nary roadblocks successful the signifier of a Democratic House of Representatives that tin halt authorities earlier it gets to his desk.

He is going to person a batch to enactment with if helium gets that Republican bulk successful the US House.

CARLA BABB:

So what does this mean for overseas policy?

KATHERINE GYPSON:

Well, we heard from Mitch McConnell this morning, and helium was talking astir Ukraine aid. We each cognize that Mitch McConnell has gone against his enactment successful a batch of ways connected Ukraine aid. He makes the constituent that this is cardinal to European information and the larger information of the full world.

CARLA BABB:

But if we person that Republican House, if we person that Republican bulk US Senate, it's going to beryllium precise hard to get different Ukraine assistance bundle done immense concerns present worldwide astir whether oregon not that volition hap and immoderate changes to home policy. What does that mean for Trump if helium has a location and a Senate connected his side?

KATHERINE GYPSON:

Well, adjacent with power of some chambers, it's going to beryllium a conflict to get those tariffs done that Trump has been saying connected the run way that helium wants to enactment done batch of interest connected Republicans, that this would beryllium a great, exactly, large information for the US economy, very, precise dangerous. A batch of Republicans volition spell against their ain president adjacent for that.

CARLA BABB:

Katherine, fantabulous reporting. We volition proceed to ticker however these races unfold. Thanks for being with us.

European leaders connected Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump connected his predetermination victory, contempt nervousness crossed the continent’s capitals implicit what the coming 4 years whitethorn present for transatlantic relations. Henry Ridgwell has more.

HENRY RIDGWELL, VOA Correspondent:

Donald Trump made a historical comeback successful Tuesday’s U.S. statesmanlike election.

Donald Trump, US President-Elect:

America has fixed america an unprecedented and almighty mandate.

HENRY RIDGWELL:

U.S. allies successful Europe are pondering what the aboriginal president volition bash with that mandate.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer got disconnected to a hard commencement – aft the Trump run criticized his Labour Party officials for offering proposal to Trump's rival, Kamala Harris, connected the run trail. Starmer was speedy to nonstop his congratulations.

Keir Starmer, British Prime Minister:

We unrecorded successful astir apt [a] much volatile satellite than we've lived successful for galore decades. It is perfectly important that we person a beardown relationship, that strong, peculiar relationship.

HENRY RIDGWELL:

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said things would beryllium precise antithetic with Trump successful the White House — but pledged to “remain a reliable transatlantic partner.

Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor:

This besides applies with respect to the menace that each NATO allies judge Russia poses to information successful the Euro-Atlantic area.

HENRY RIDGWELL:

Trump has criticized U.S. enactment for Ukraine arsenic it fights Russia’s penetration — and determination are fears helium could extremity subject and fiscal assistance for Kyiv.

In his archetypal term, Donald Trump threatened to propulsion the United States retired of NATO, claiming allies were taking vantage of the U.S.

But successful a connection Wednesday, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that Trump had, quote, “turned the tide connected European defence spending, improved transatlantic load sharing, and strengthened Alliance capabilities.”

Meanwhile, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made nary concealed of his penchant for a Trump victory. When it came, helium said, quote, “For the world, it means the anticipation of peace.”

French President Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump person had a volatile narration – but Macron said Wednesday helium was acceptable to enactment together, quote, “with your convictions and mine. With respect and ambition. For much bid and prosperity.”

In reality, European allies are preparing for a stormy ride, says overseas argumentation expert Garret Martin of American University.

Garret Martin, American University:

The 4 years wherever Trump was successful bureau were alternatively tumultuous. There were moments of changeless bickering, a batch of disunity, a deficiency of cohesion. So, I deliberation that was already astatine a clip which was little arguably unsafe than it is now. We’re present successful the midst of a large warfare successful Europe that’s been going connected for two-and-a-half years.

HENRY RIDGWELL:

Meanwhile, adjacent week’s important COP29 clime acme successful Azerbaijan is apt to beryllium overshadowed by Trump’s victory.

The erstwhile president pulled retired of the Paris Climate Accord successful 2017, claiming it was unfair to the United States.

His successor, Joe Biden, rejoined connected his archetypal time successful office.

But determination are fears Trump volition erstwhile again discontinue the agreement, adjacent arsenic scientists pass of catastrophic planetary warming without contiguous action.

Henry Ridgwell, VOA News.

CARLA BABB:

For much astir the antheral that won the presidency, present is VOA analogous Tina Trinh with a illustration of Donald Trump:

Savannah Guthrie, NBC news:

We tin present task that erstwhile Vice President Joe Biden has been elected president of the United States …”

TINA TRINH, VOA Correspondent:

It was expected to beryllium the end.

TINA TRINH:

But erstwhile the extremity came, Donald J. Trump, 45th president of the United States, wasn’t acceptable to admit defeat.

Donald Trump, Former President:

If you number the ineligible votes, I easy win. If you number the amerciable votes, they tin effort to bargain the predetermination from us.

TINA TRINH:

Trump urged supporters to forestall Congress from certifying those results connected January 6, 2021.

Donald Trump, Former President:

We combat similar hell. And if you don't combat similar hell, you're not going to person a state anymore.

TINA TRINH:

What resulted was a country antecedently unimaginable successful America that led to his 2nd impeachment. Trump’s unwillingness to instrumentality “no” for an reply was on-brand for a antheral who has ever spurned convention.

Russ Buettner, New York Times:

I deliberation what you spot is idiosyncratic who has unthinkable assurance successful his ain intuition.

TINA TRINH:

Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig are New York Times investigative reporters and the co-authors of “Lucky Loser,” an unflattering look astatine however Trump fashioned himself into a self-made billionaire.

Russ Buettner, New York Times:

He has not since the aboriginal 80s truly trusted radical who person taxable country expertise successful astir anything. He volition ever overrule them to marque things the mode helium wants them to crook out.

TINA TRINH:

Trump’s buildings were emblazoned with his sanction successful ample golden letters, a brash show of his ambition and self-promotion.

Susanne Craig, New York Times:

He was worthy 200 cardinal erstwhile helium would speech — determination was an interrogation helium gave to the New York Times — and that grew to a cardinal erstwhile helium was talking to ‘60 Minutes’ a decennary later.

TINA TRINH:

Trump excelled astatine drafting attraction and cultivating a marque for himself arsenic a dealmaker. He made millions licensing his name.

But down the occurrence were troubles. His companies filed for bankruptcy six times. His casinos mislaid wealth and were shuttered. Trump rebounded with his TV show, “The Apprentice,” which led to his biggest relation yet.

Donald Trump:

Ladies and gentlemen, I americium officially moving for president of the United States, and we are going to marque our state large again.

TINA TRINH:

Unapologetic and unfiltered, Trump was a polarizing, nationalist candidate.

Donald Trump:

When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists, and some, I assume, are bully people.

TINA TRINH:

As president, Trump appointed 3 Supreme Court justices who helped overturn national termination rights.

Wolf Blitzer, CNN Aanchor:

The US decease toll present supra 150,000.

TINA TRINH:

In aboriginal 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic tested Trump. He fast-tracked the improvement of life-saving vaccines. But helium besides appeared to suggest that scientists survey injecting bleach to termination the virus.

With implicit 9 cardinal Americans infected and a decease toll exceeding 230,000, voters that November chose Joe Biden arsenic their adjacent president.

Out of office, Trump faced aggregate transgression indictments and is the archetypal erstwhile president to beryllium a convicted felon.

And yet, helium has ne'er been much fashionable than helium is now.

Surviving 2 assassination attempts this twelvemonth has lone strengthened the enslaved betwixt him and his supporters.

Pam Smith, Trump Supporter:

God has a program for Trump. And helium perfectly was spared for immoderate intent and reason. And hopefully it's to go the 47th president.

TINA TRINH:

American authorities has ne'er been the aforesaid since Donald Trump entered the field.

Tina Trinh, VOA News, New York.

CARLA BABB:

Construction of the inaugural level is already underway. The caller president volition instrumentality the oath of bureau connected January 20^th connected the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.

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