The United States has a new president: Donald Trump won the country's elections with the popular vote and the electoral vote, although the official results of the states Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, where he has a wide lead, are still to be known. teleSUR
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00:00In the United States, Republican Party candidate Donald Trump becomes the new president of
00:13the North American country.
00:15Donald Trump has won the U.S. presidential election, defeating in the electoral votes
00:18count his Democratic contender Kamala Harris, crossing the 270 mark after securing Wisconsin.
00:25Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris makes him the first former president
00:29to return to power in non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland regained the White
00:33House in the 1892 elections.
00:36He is also the first convicted criminal to win the highest elected office in the United
00:41States.
00:42Republicans also took control of the Senate, flipping seats in Ohio and West Virginia.
00:47This election is considered one of the most significant in recent U.S. history, with results
00:51that could shape both the future of the nation and global geopolitics over the next four
00:55years.