By Mark Ogagan
Donald Trump has declared victory in the US Presidential election as he addressed jubilant supporters in Florida – but votes in key states are still being counted.
Speaking in West Palm Beach, he told crowds: “Look what happened – is this crazy?” – adding: “I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honour of being elected your 47th president.
“I will fight for you and your family and your future, every single day I will be fighting for you with every breath in my body.”
He told the crowd it was a “magnificent victory for the American people” while claiming he had also won the popular vote, something he failed to secure during his 2016 and 2020 presidential bids.
If Mr. Trump wins, he will become the first presidential candidate to win the keys to the White House as a convicted felon.
“Winning the popular vote was very nice, it’s a great feeling of love,” he said.
The 78-year-old also told his supporters that “this will truly be the golden age of America”.
Mr. Trump has won in the key battleground states of Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina – and is leading in several others – narrowing Kamala Harris’s path to victory significantly.
Trump, who has been bidding for a second term in the White House following his win in 2016 against Hillary Clinton, is now just four electoral votes away from a projected win.
While the Republican Party’s win of the Senate has been confirmed, the House is still up for grabs.
“We overcame obstacles that no one thought possible,” Mr. Trump said as family, including “my beautiful wife Melania” and his “amazing” children, stood next to him.
“We’re going to help our country heal, we have a country that needs help and it needs help very badly,” he said while doubling down on his promise to crack down on illegal immigration.
Trump then seemed to refer to an attempted assassination on him at a rally in Pennsylvania back in July as he said: “Many people have told me that god has spared my life for a reason and that reason was to save our country and to restore America to greatness and now we are going to fulfill that mission together.”
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