Trump has already been congratulated by world leaders including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Britain’s Keir Starmer, but the official results of the presidential election are not yet confirmed.

There were fears that extremely close races in some countries the main “swing” states of the battlefield could have left the results uncertain.

But earlier-than-expected victories in North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, coupled with victories in solidly Republican states, allowed Trump to achieve his goal. the magic 270 electoral votes necessary to secure the presidency.

CBS, the BBC’s broadcast partner in the United States, projected Donald Trump as the big winner just after 5:30 a.m. EST (10:30 GMT) on November 6, the day after the election.

However, official confirmation of detailed election results in each state could still take days or even weeks.

No, Trump becomes president-elect, and his running mate JD Vance becomes the vice president-elect.

Trump will take the oath of office at the presidential inauguration on Monday January 20, 2025, at that point, he legally assumes the power and responsibilities of the presidency.

After winning the 2016 election, Trump was sworn in as president in January 2017 and served until 2021.

Once every valid vote has been included in the final results, a process known as the Electoral College confirms the election result.

In each state, a varying number of electoral college votes are up for grabs. It is achieving these elements – not the support of voters themselves – that will ultimately win the presidency.

Typically, states award all of their electoral college votes to whoever wins the popular vote, which is confirmed after the meetings of the December 17.

The new American Congress then meets on January 6 to count the electoral college votes and confirm the new president. As outgoing vice president, Kamala Harris will preside over this process.

It was this meeting of Congress, intended to certify the election results, that Trump supporters tried to prevent when they marched on the US Capitol in 2021 after Trump refused to concede defeat to Joe Biden.

Trump and Vance will work with their transition team to engineer the handover from President Biden’s outgoing administration.

They will identify their policy priorities, begin selecting candidates who will assume key roles in the new administration, and prepare to assume government office.

At his victory rally, Trump suggested that former Republican presidential candidate and vaccine skeptic Robert J Kennedy could be given a healthcare role.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is also expected to feature in the new administration. Trump previously said he would ask Mr. Musk to tackle government waste.