Trump prepares for White House return after decisive victory
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🗓️ 6 November 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the News Hour. Former President Donald Trump will return to the Oval Office as the 47th President of the United States after his win over Vice President Kamala Harris. |
| 0:11.5 | Republicans could enjoy unchecked control over Washington with a Senate majority secured, but the House is still too close to call. |
| 0:18.9 | Look what happened. Is this crazy? |
| 0:22.6 | Donald Trump addressed his supporters early Wednesday after being elected the 47th president |
| 0:27.6 | in a decisive and historic victory. |
| 0:29.6 | I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president. |
| 0:40.3 | Mr. Trump is the second president in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive terms, |
| 0:45.3 | but his victory also marks a series of firsts. |
| 0:49.3 | USA! |
| 0:50.3 | USA! |
| 0:51.3 | He's the first Republican in two decades to win the popular vote, the oldest person to be elected |
| 0:57.0 | Commander-in-Chief, the first president with a felony conviction, and the first who tried to overthrow |
| 1:03.0 | an election he lost. |
| 1:04.0 | We will make America safe, strong, prosperous, powerful, and free again. And I'm asking every citizen all across |
| 1:12.5 | our land to join me in this noble and righteous endeavor. That's what it is. It's time to put |
| 1:18.9 | the divisions of the past four years behind us. It's time to unite. His running mate, J.D. Vance, |
| 1:26.0 | will be one of the youngest vice presidents in history with |
| 1:29.0 | some of the least governing experience, serving two years in the Senate. |
| 1:33.5 | And I think that we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the |
| 1:37.8 | United States of America. |
| 1:41.5 | After the greatest political comeback in American history, we're going to leave the greatest |
| 1:45.9 | economic comeback in American history under Donald Trump's leadership. |
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