Four days after the presidential elections in the US, Donald Trump’s victory in Arizona is also certain. The Republican also prevailed against Kamala Harris (Democrats) in the southwestern state, winning the eleven electors there.
The 78-year-old won all seven particularly controversial US states. Trump had previously announced on Saturday that his former confidantes Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley would not be part of the future administration.
The television channels CNN and NBC, among others, reported on Trump’s success in Arizona on Saturday evening (local time). Seven states were considered decisive in this year’s presidential election: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona. Four years ago, then-Democratic candidate Joe Biden won these states, with the exception of North Carolina.
Trump even did better than in the 2016 election!
Capturing all the swing states is another part of Trump’s electoral success across the board. According to available figures, the 78-year-old is likely to win the majority of votes cast nationwide (popular vote), something a Republican candidate has not achieved since 2004. Trump fared better in his comeback than in his election victory against Hillary Clinton in 2016, when he attracted fewer voters and Clinton won the majority of votes cast nationwide.
His Republican Party also won a majority in the Senate in the concurrent congressional elections and has a good chance of defending its majority in the House of Representatives. With both chambers of Congress on his side and a conservative-dominated Supreme Court behind him, Trump would have a level of power unlike few American presidents before him.
Pompeo and Haley are expelled from government
The two top Republican politicians Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley will not be part of the future administration. Trump announced this on his Truth Social platform. Trump is expected to announce further personnel decisions in the coming days. On Friday, he appointed his previous campaign manager, Susan Wiles, as White House chief of staff.
Susan Wiles becomes White House chief of staff
Wiles is the first woman to hold this important position. Trump has recently picked up the pace in assembling his government team. “I will not invite former Ambassador Nikki Haley or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join the Trump administration as it is currently being formed,” he said on Truth Social. And further: “I really enjoyed and appreciated working with them before and would like to thank them for their services to our country.” During the election campaign, Trump spoke of the country’s “best minds” on whom he would rely for his second term.
Haley challenged Trump and fell from grace
Pompeo and Haley were key aides to Trump’s administration during his first term from 2017 to 2021. The 60-year-old served as secretary of state from late April 2018. The 52-year-old was appointed US ambassador to the United Nations by Trump in 2017. In the race for the Republican nomination, she then challenged her former boss, which did not please him at all. Initially considered the most promising opponent, she voiced her support for Trump after her withdrawal.
Pompeo campaigned for Ukraine
Pompeo was considered for the position of Secretary of Defense. Last summer, the former CIA chief presented a plan for military support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression. This led, among other things, to more arms exports and tough measures against the Russian energy sector. Pompeo’s ideas were in clear contrast to Trump’s statements during the election campaign, who had repeatedly criticized arms deliveries to Ukraine.
Source: Krone
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