Donald J. Trump, the 47th President of the United States
What a comeback: In an unbelievable turn of fortune, Donald Trump was reelected as the 47th president of the United States on Tuesday. He won over Democratic contender and Vice President Kamala Harris in key swing states.
by COLlive Reporter · COLliveBy COLlive reporter
What a comeback!
Former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump won the 2024 presidential election on Tuesday, beating Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump, the businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, entered the race as an underdog, facing opposition within his own party and legal battles.
The race has been called for Trump by Fox News, calling it “a stunning victory, delivering him a second term in the White House after a historic election cycle filled with unprecedented twists and turns and two attempts on his life.”
Trump will be the first president to serve two non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland in 1892 — and only the second in history.
He was first elected president in 2016, defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and vowing to “Make America Great Again.” He lost re-election to President Joe Biden in 2020 during the global Covid pandemic but re-claimed the White House in 2024 after a nearly two-year campaign, vowing to “Make America Great Once Again.”
Trump campaigned for a second term on the record of his first and focused on the failures of the Biden-Harris administration. The former president was able to point to the reversal of some of his key policies as reasons why inflation rose and the U.S. border crisis worsened.
Trump faced a crowded GOP primary field, but emerged as the frontrunner yet again, easily defeating his opponents – all of whom eventually endorsed him to be the 47th President of the United States – and winning each primary contest.
In the race, he won key swing states and has grown his support among the Jewish and Hispanic communities.
Even while courting the Muslim vote in Michigan, Trump never minimized his steadfast support for Israel in their war against their Arab neighbors.
Most notably, Trump spent the first anniversary of October 7 by visiting the Rebbe‘s Ohel at Old Montefiore Cemetery in New York. He prayed there while holding a Tehillim and put in a personal note of prayer as customary.
Political commentator Ben Shapiro, who accompanied him on the trip, commented on Tuesday that the turning point for Trump in the polls has been that visit.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to congratulate Trump on what he called “history’s greatest comeback!”
“Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America,” Netanyahu wrote. “This is a huge victory!”
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