Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. As the oldest president to be elected, he will begin his presidency in January of 2025 alongside vice president-elect JD Vance.
This is Donald Trump’s third time running for president and will be his second and final term. This year, he won the vote by about 69 electoral votes. In certain swing states like Georgia, it seemed very unlikely due to many news sites claiming Harris was highly projected to win, but Trump quickly took it. Trump also won by the popular vote, which is something that he did not achieve in 2016.
Following proper guidelines and procedures, the presidential inauguration will occur on January 20th. Once this happens, Trump will begin his term. President Biden will most likely attend to ensure the peaceful transfer of power. Harris made her concession speech earlier today at Howard University, promising a peaceful transfer of power.
Several promises have been made on behalf of both Harris and Trump, but now that Trump has been made the clear winner, Americans across the nation are waiting to see what he will accomplish during his presidency.
Trump campaigned on his goals to deport undocumented migrants, stand by the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and end the war between Russia and Ukraine. Also, while Project 2025 was never officially endorsed by Trump, several points on his agenda overlap with the document. In the aftermath of the election, republican Matt Walsh posted on X, in vocal support of the project.
“Now that the election is over I think we can finally say that yeah actually Project 2025 is the agenda. Lol,” said Walsh.
Noelle McMorris, a junior at Calabasas High School, was hoping Harris would win the presidency and was disheartened to see that Trump won.
“I feel devastated, depressed, and hopeless,” said McMorris. “I am worried that he’s going to pass a national ban on abortion. I think that we’re going to see a lot of issues with him and climate change, since when he was president before, he left the Paris Agreement, and he defunded a lot of climate actions.”
The Courier reached out to several students who have been vocal about their support of Trump on campus. None were willing to speak on the record.
