By Paul Kelso, business correspondent

Donald Trump’s victory was secured on an unequivocal promise to stretched American households that he would “end inflation”, but markets and economists are anticipating his second-term will do the opposite.

A combination of corporate tax cuts, government borrowing, lower migration and swingeing tariffs on overseas imports are all expected to heat up the American economy and stoke price rises.

Bond yields on 10-year US treasuries, effectively the price of borrowing for the American government, were up more than 3% as European markets opened.

That’s a signal investors believe that borrowing will rise, and that the Federal Reserve will be forced to slow rate cuts to tackle inflation.

A clearer picture will emerge tomorrow when Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell, who Mr Trump said he will not reappoint, announces its next move on rates.

Markets still expected a 0.25 percentage point cut (a similar move to that anticipated from the Bank of England earlier in the day) but Mr Powell’s comments will be scrutinised for signals of what Trump mark two means for the prospect of further cuts.

Higher prices for consumers are not necessarily bad news for corporate America, however, with the dollar surging against sterling and the euro as swing states fell to Mr Trump, and Wall Street futures trading indicating a rally when they reopen with him confirmed as president-elect.

Shares in US banks were boosted with JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley all up more than 6% in pre-market trading, along with Tesla, boosted by more than 13% as markets anticipate a dividend for Elon Musk’s campaign-trail support.

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Defence stocks were higher too, and not just in the US – BAE Systems and Rolls Royce were both up – reflecting likely pressure on America’s NATO allies to make good on their commitments to increase spending.

Bitcoin was also positive in anticipation of a more benign regulatory environment from a president who used the campaign platform to launch his own cryptocurrency.

By contrast renewable holdings, the target of much of Joe Biden’s economic stimulus, were in negative territory, with wind and solar priorities likely to be replaced by a pledge to “drill baby, drill”.

Of most concern to America’s trading partners and allies will be Mr Trump’s promise to erect barriers to free trade. The man who said tariffs “is the most beautiful word in the world” has pledged a 60% levy on Chinese imports and 10% on those from elsewhere, a deeply protectionist move that could trigger a trade war with both China and the EU.

These can only increase prices in the US, with importers paying the levies at the point of entry, and other trading blocs likely to respond in kind. The EU has already imposed its own 35% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles to the dismay of the continent’s carmakers the measure is intended to protect.

While these tensions play out, post-Brexit Britain, a relatively small player outside the major trading blocs, is likely to be a spectator.

We’re still yet to hear from Kamala Harris.

The vice president has not formally conceded, despite projections showing that Donald Trump has won comfortably.

Trump declared his victory early at 2.30am (7.30am UK time), three hours before he’d secured the 270 electoral votes needed.

But we’ve heard nothing official from the Harris camp since well before then.

Last night, her aides told people at her watch party in Washington DC to go home, adding that she wouldn’t appear to speak to them.

The scene at the Harris-Walz watch party after supporters were told to go home

It’s understood that she then retired to the vice presidential residence for the night.

Harris plans to speak today, we understand, though we’ve had no further details.

Today’s result marks a bruising and thorough defeat for Harris and the Democratic Party – who have also lost control of the Senate and could yet lose the House of Representatives.

Our foreign correspondent David Blevins says the vice president will no doubt be feeling “dejected” as result after result came in, and the party will have some serious “soul-searching” to do.

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Now we know who’ll be the 47th president, let’s round up the key dates you need to know now…

7 November

State election officials begin to certify the results at a staggered pace. Battleground state deadlines are as follows: Georgia, 23 November, Michigan, 25 November, North Carolina and Nevada, 26 November, Wisconsin, 1 December, Arizona, 2 December. Pennsylvania has no specific date.

25 November 

This is the last day a mail ballot can arrive and still be counted, so long as it arrives with a 5 November postmark.

Seventeen states and the District of Columbia allow mail ballots to arrive after election day.

26 November

President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced in New York for the hush money trial that found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records.

11 December

The Electoral Count Act stipulates every state’s governor must certify the results by this date.

Any legal challenges should then be completed by 16 December.

This is the first election in which these rules apply. The act was amended after the 6 January insurrection attempt by pro-Trump supporters.

17 December

A controversial quirk of the US Constitution, the people don’t technically pick a president, but rather choose a group of “electors” to do it for them.

On 17 December, those electors will be sent to the Electoral College by each state to vote for a candidate as instructed by the public.

Each state has a different number of electoral college votes based on population size. In 48 of them, these votes are won on a winner-takes-all basis.

6 January

The sitting vice president, this time Kamala Harris, performs the ceremonial duty of presiding over a joint session of the House and Senate in which all electoral college votes are counted and the winner is declared.

20 January

The president-elect takes the oath of office on the steps of the Capitol at the inauguration.

Trump sworn in in 2017Pics: AP and Reuters

Two of Donald Trump’s closest former aides have described him as a fascist.

That should make us very worried, say another dozen White House staffers who served under Mr Trump during his previous term in power.

And they’re warning that those who tried to prevent him from acting on his worst impulses during that first term will not be there this time around.

The “grown ups” will have gone, replaced by people more aligned with his agenda.

So, what is that agenda and what does the future have in store for us? That’s harder to say.

Last time, many of his promises came to nothing. These included his vow to build a border wall and have Mexico pay for it, peace in the Middle East and an end to North Korea’s and Iran’s nuclear weapons programmes.

This time, he could negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine – largely on Moscow’s terms, if his previous statements are anything to go by.

NATO’s future may also be uncertain, while those hoping for an end to the war in Gaza may be disappointed.

Read the full breakdown here…

How worried should we be about a Trump presidency?

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It’s midday and it’s been a busy night and morning. Here’s what you need to know in five short bullet points:

• Donald Trump has won the US presidential election, securing a historic second term in the White House in a monumental political comeback. Four of the seven key swing states have declared for him so far and he is leading in the three others;
• Trump declared his victory early at 2.30am (7.30am UK time), three hours before he’d secured the 270 electoral votes needed. He boasted of a “magnificent victory for all Americans” and promised a “golden age” for the country in a victory speech in Florida;
• Kamala Harris’s team had sent supporters away from her watch party at Howard University in Washington DC an hour before, with the vice president retiring to her home for the night – though she hasn’t formally conceded;
• The Republicans have also won the Senate, taking it back from the Democrats after four years, meaning Trump and his party will have an easier path to getting through their legislative agenda. The House of Representatives is still too close to call, but the Republicans are leading there too;
• We’re waiting on five more states to be called of the 50 until we have a complete picture.

Here’s the story of how the night unfolded in less than five minutes:

And you can read a more detailed account of the twists and turns of the night here:

US election results: How the night unfolded in key moments

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Donald Trump has passed the 270 electoral college votes required to win the presidency, but a few states are still yet to declare or be projected.

Which states are left?

In total, there are five – three of which are swing states.

Those are Michigan (where 96% of the votes have been counted at time of writing), Nevada (93%) and Arizona (63%).

Two more states, Alaska (69%) and Maine (64%) are also yet to declare.

A reminder that Maine is one of only two states that splits its Electoral College votes based on the preferences of its different districts.

All are too close to call at present, but here’s the current state of play…

“It’s the economy, stupid.”

There was one issue that appeared to stand out for some of Donald Trump’s supporters, carrying him to the White House with an emphatic victory over Kamala Harris.

His Democratic rival has served as vice president for the past four years and some Trump supporters told us they weren’t prepared to accept her assurances she can now deliver the improvement they’re after.

“They gotta take their anger out at somebody,” one told us.

Watch for yourself here…

Donald Trump’s victory has been welcomed by the Israeli government, with Benjamin Netanyahu and several cabinet members sending congratulatory messages.

Trump has promised to robustly back Israel in its fight against Iranian proxy groups including Hamas and Hezbollah, and was hugely supportive of the country in his first presidential term.

Joe Biden has supported Israel with weapons since the 7 October attacks but has often been frustrated by Mr Netanyahu, with the two frequently disagreeing on approaches to the Middle East crisis.

These images were taken in Jerusalem, where a sign has been unveiled asking the president-elect to “make Israel great”.

Pics: Reuters

Kamala Harris is the second woman to lose to Donald Trump, eight years after Hillary Clinton succumbed to the same fate.

This is enraging Democrats, who pushed a message of optimism and hope on the campaign trail – with Harris leading a surge in fundraising at grassroots level and reinvigorating the party after Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance.

But it simply wasn’t enough.

So, was it sexism? Misogyny? Bad candidates? Bad policies? Bad campaigning?

Those are just some of the many questions running wild in the Democratic Party apparatus right now, as they search for answers after the most brutal of defeats.

Read the full analysis here…

Trump defeated Harris like Clinton: So is US sexism to blame – or bad decisions by Democrats on candidates and policy?

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Donald Trump has won the 2024 US election and has become only the second president in history to win non-consecutive terms.

Our US correspondent James Matthews presents this edition of the podcast from West Palm Beach in Florida, where the Republican candidate earlier addressed thousands of joyous supporters with a victory speech before the result was confirmed.

James is joined by his US colleague Martha Kelner, who has followed Kamala Harris’s campaign all night in Washington.

With Trump bagging one of the biggest political comebacks ever, James and Martha look at the strengths and weaknesses of both campaigns and how the US will move on from such a divisive election battle.

China’s response to Donald Trump’s win will be “careful and considered” as the government returns to its “playbook” on how to deal with the returning president, says our Asia correspondent Nicole Johnston.

Earlier the Chinese foreign ministry said it would work with Washington on the basis of “mutual respect” and “peaceful coexistence”.

But behind closed doors it will be a “different scene” when it comes to “chaotic” and “unpredictable” relations with Trump, Johnston says.

Trump and Xi at the G20 leaders’ summit in 2019Reuters

“For the Chinese government, they will have to be going back to their playbook and trying to work out how to deal with president Trump,” she adds.

A vow by Trump to slap sweeping tariffs on Chinese imports is likely to be the “big issue”, she says.

“In the lead up to this election Trump had said that worldwide, he wanted tariffs of 10 to 20%, and when it came to China 60%.

“Now, if that was to go ahead, that would cut, according to forecasts, this country’s growth target by half.

“So China will be deeply concerned about that.”

Johnston says questions also remain around how relations will be between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and how the new president will deal with Taiwan, after he recently called into question Washington’s support for the island democracy.

While the race for the White House is over, votes are still being counted in the critical race for the House of Representatives.

The Republicans have already claimed the other chamber of Congress – the Senate – taking control from the incumbent Democrats.

If the Republicans gain control of both chambers, Donald Trump and the party will have an easy path to pushing through their legislative agenda.

A third of the Senate’s 100 seats were available at this year’s elections, with 51 required for a majority.

Senate Republicans ousted Democrats in red states to secure the majority, flipping seats in West Virginia and Ohio.

They also held their ground in friendly states like Texas and Florida, assuring them at least 51 seats when the new Congress is sworn in next January.

Democrats, who have been in control of the upper house of Congress for the past four years, entered election day with a 51-49 edge.

Republicans make gains as they take control of Senate

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The House is still up for grabs – but the Republicans have the upper hand at present.

Here’s the current state of play…

Our correspondent David Blevins is looking back over the past few months of this election race – and trying to figure out where it all went wrong for Kamala Harris after such a promising start.

“There was quite the bounce in the polls,” he says of the days after Joe Biden dropped out of the race to be replaced by Harris.

“She didn’t just catch Donald Trump – she overtook him in a matter of days and raised a record-breaking amount of money, $1.2bn, for her election campaign.

“The momentum was with the vice president, no doubt about that, but something has clearly gone wrong – her message hasn’t resonated with the people.”

He explains that there was much expectation that women would come out “in droves and vote” for Harris over reproductive rights, but “that hasn’t happened”.

“The big question as well that the Democrats will be asking is – why have young men, black men and Latino men voted for Donald Trump? It’s going to take a very long time for the party to come up with some kind of answers,” he says.

“But at the end of this lengthy, twisting journey to this point, Donald Trump has now found himself holding the keys again to the White House – which is remarkable.”

Donald Trump has officially won the election – and broken several records in the process.

Trump (born 14 June 1946) will break Joe Biden’s record as the oldest person to be inaugurated, when he is officially sworn in again in January.

In 2020, Biden was the oldest presidential candidate to be elected, reaching the age of 78 years on 20 November 2020.

The previous record was held by Ronald Reagan, who became president aged 69.

Ronald Reagan sits at the Oval Office desk following his inaugural parade in Washington in 1981

Trump will also become the first president in more than 120 years to win non-consecutive presidential terms.

Grover Cleveland was the last person to do it – the 22nd and 24th president of the US – who served from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897.

A portrait of Grover Cleveland

Additionally, Trump is on course to win the popular vote – something he did not do in 2016 or 2020.

Once that is confirmed, it will be the first time a Republican candidate has won the popular vote since 2004 – and only the second time since George HW Bush in 1988.

Pics: Reuters

Donald Trump will return to the White House after claiming a stunning victory over his opponent Kamala Harris.

He has become only the second president in history to win non-consecutive terms after securing the 270 electoral votes needed, according to figures from our US partner network NBC.

Trump, who previously served as president between 2017 and 2021, was the first to pick up a swing state after he was declared the winner of North Carolina.

Around an hour later he was declared the winner of Georgia – the second key swing state to be announced.

Shortly later, he was projected as the winner of Pennsylvania – touted as the most pivotal of the seven battleground states.

Trump then headed to Palm Beach to address his supporters while Ms Harris’s aides said she wouldn’t speak tonight as her path to victory dwindled.

The race initially appeared neck and neck as Americans went to the polls, but Trump pulled ahead as result predictions came in from solidly red states including Florida, Texas and Alabama throughout the night.

Our US partner NBC News projects that Donald Trump will win Wisconsin.

This would take him over the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the 2024 election, with the state offering 10 votes.

Wisconsin was one of the seven key battleground states either candidate needed to win to be in with a chance of getting into the White House.

Trump had already won Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, while Arizona was too close to call.

He is projected to have won Wisconsin with 49.7% of the vote, compared to 48.7% for Kamala Harris.

This would be the highest share for a Republican in the state since 1984, when it was 54.2%.

Here data correspondent Tom Cheshire takes us through how Trump got the numbers he needed to win Wisconsin – and the presidency.

Donald Trump’s granddaughter Kai has congratulated him on his claimed election victory.

The 17-year-old, who appeared on stage with her grandfather as he made a speech declaring victory in Florida earlier, said: “No one works harder or cares more about the American people.”

This election is a “genuine fork in the road”, says Lewis Goodall, Sky US election data analyst and co-host of The News Agents podcast.

“When Biden was elected in 2020, he liked to say that America was back… [but] it wasn’t actually clear then whether Biden was the restoration of something or whether he was the last gasp of something,” he says.

“With this election, we can see that actually the new normal is Trump… I think we are going to see more presidents like Trump.

“I think American politics is going to be more like Trump in the future than it is going to be like Joe Biden, who represents a far more sort of post-war 20th century vision of America, both in the country and around the world.”

He said this is because the response from at least some of the Democrats will be to play Trump at his own game.

“Some will say: ‘If you can’t beat Trump with some of this misinformation in the particularly aggressive way that he does politics, then maybe we have to join him.”‘

The battleground state of Arizona is now too close to call, our partner network NBC News projects.

It had previously projected a Trump win.

Just over half of the votes have been counted in the state – which is worth 11 in the electoral college.

Even with a Harris win in the state, a victory overall is virtually unattainable for her at present.

Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard share their daily guide to the day ahead in politics in under 20 minutes.

With everyone waking up to the likelihood of a second Trump presidency in the US, how will the UK government react?

The Kremlin has acknowledged Donald Trump’s apparent victory but says it is not aware of any plan by Vladimir Putin to congratulate him.

Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov also said the US remained an unfriendly country towards Russia.

Moscow is watching events closely and analysing statements made about it by US politicians, Mr Peskov said, adding that relations between the two countries were at a historic low.

Trump has previously sided with Mr Putin over US intelligence on election interference, withheld aid from Ukraine and continuously criticised NATO.

However, he has also condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and insisted he has a good relationship with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

A recent book by veteran US journalist Bob Woodward suggested that Trump and Putin have spoken as many as seven times since Trump left the White House in 2021, including as recently as this year.

Donald Trump Jr has mocked Kamala Harris’s famous words to Joe Biden after their 2020 victory in a new post to social media.

Reposting a tweet from Joe Biden related to the Super Bowl result in February, Trump Jr wrote: “We did it Joe!!!”

The comment comes from a 2020 viral video in which Ms Harris called Mr Biden, moments after learning of the election result, to congratulate him.

“We did it Joe” shortly became a meme which swept the internet, but has now been jumped on by Republicans to celebrate Trump’s victory.

These images are from Howard University – where Kamala Harris and Tim Walz were hoping to claim victory over Donald Trump this morning.

Instead, litter sits on the ground and the place is deserted.

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Let’s bring you some more reaction from our US correspondent Mark Stone now, who’s in Washington DC.

“Trump’s a man who loves hyperbole, but on this there is none,” he says.

Tonight’s events mark “an absolutely stunning political comeback” that will create “stunned excitement and stunned anxiety, in almost equal measure”.

“A clean sweep, a ‘pure Trump America’ appears to be what this country will wake up to in the hours ahead,” he adds.

It will also pose a “huge test” for America’s institutions – the “guardrails of power”.

And despite what seems to be a clear victory, “this does remain a country divided”.

In the battleground state of Nevada, the swing from the Democratic to the Republican Party stands at 3.5 percentage points with 93% of the vote counted, our US partner NBC News reports.

But in the most populous counties of Washoe and Clark, Donald Trump is outperforming that swing at around 4.5 points in each.

Both counties have significant Latino populations, and an exit poll suggests Trump is doing better among this demographic than previously.

Democrats usually win Washoe and Clark, and they are the only two counties in Nevada won by the party at the last three elections.

It suggests Kamala Harris is facing a tall order to get the votes she needs.

More world leaders are sending messages of congratulations to Donald Trump, following Sir Keir Starmer, Benjamin Netanyahu and Emmanuel Macron.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the US and Italy were “sister nations”, adding that between them “is a strategic bond, which I am sure we will now strengthen even further”.

Indian leader Narendra Modi offered his “heartiest congratulations”…

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised Trump’s fight against a “great struggle”.

“I hope that Turkey-US relations will strengthen, that regional and global crises and wars, especially the Palestinian issue and the Russia-Ukraine war, will come to an end,” he said.

Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, said this…

The head of NATO said he thinks the incoming president will help keep the alliance strong, which will surely raise some eyebrows in Europe…

Here’s a statement from the prime minister of Australia…

And words from the Irish taoiseach…

Barack Obama’s former campaign manager says the Democratic Party got their “butts kicked” last night.

Jim Messina, who managed Obama’s 2012 campaign, told MSNBC that the party has a communication problem with several groups, including younger voters and Latinos, “that we thought we had a better message to”.

He added that these groups “no longer feel seen by the Democratic Party”.

“I hope we all take some time and look at all these things, do a comprehensive report and talk about how to move forward, because we got our butts kicked tonight, and we got to figure out how to move forward in a way that gets us back to being majority party we used to be,” Mr Messina said.

Donald Trump’s claims that he will end wars across the world very soon into his presidency will be put to the test now, a senior Hamas official has said.

The official told the Reuters news agency that Trump should “learn” from the “mistakes” of Joe Biden, who has supported Israel in its war against Hamas.

The official also said the Democrat’s apparent crushing loss this morning is the natural price for their leadership’s “criminal stance” in Gaza.

Palestinians burn pictures of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza in 2020Reuters

It’s 9am and it’s been a busy night. Here’s what you need to know in five short bullet points:

• Donald Trump is on the verge of a stunning victory, with three of the seven key swing states declaring for him so far;
• He needs just four electoral college votes to formally win the presidency;
• Trump himself declared he had won in front of supporters in Florida, promising a “golden age” for America;
• Spokespeople for Kamala Harris sent supporters away from her watch party at Howard University in Washington DC, with the vice president retiring to her home for the night – though she hasn’t formally conceded;
• The Senate is projected to fall to the Republicans, while the House of Representatives is still too close to call.

Here’s the story of how the night unfolded in less than five minutes:

Donald Trump’s victory now looks all-but-certain – we’re just waiting for formal confirmation from a few remaining states.

Wisconsin, one of the only remaining battlegrounds, has counted 94%.

Just under 200,000 votes still need to be counted, but Trump holds a strong lead of 120,903. With the state counting for 10 electoral votes, a victory there would secure him the White House.

Interestingly, 141,000 of the remaining 197,000 votes are in Milwaukee.

Both candidates spent considerable time in the city and Kamala Harris currently leads Mr Trump 65% to 34%.

There are still four areas of Milwaukee City where votes were delayed and are yet to be counted – and history suggests they could fall even more for Democrats than the current split.

If they don’t, Donald Trump will take the state as he leads in all other counties with votes left.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, who travelled to Florida to show support for Donald Trump over election night, has hailed what he calls “the most incredible political comeback of our lifetime”.

Posting a picture of Trump covered in blood after he was shot in July, Mr Farage said: “He’s done it again.”

Trump described the Clacton MP as his “friend” as he shouted him out during a rally on his final day of campaigning.

The US dollar has surged against a basket of currencies as Donald Trump looks set for a return to the White House.

Investors returned to making “Trump trades” on the belief that he would hike tariffs on foreign imports to protect domestic industries, pushing up prices of imported goods and with it inflation, while also increasing borrowing and government debt at home.

US Treasury yields – essentially the rate of interest that the US government pays on it debt – also rose in response to these pressures, with investors now betting that the US Federal Reserve, which makes its next decision on interest rates on Thursday, will take a more cautious approach to cutting rates in the months ahead.

US stock markets are expected to open up later today, while in Asia, stocks on the Hang Seng were lower over fears Trump could put 60% tariffs on Chinese goods.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin surged to a record high of $75,060 as crypto investors were buoyed by the expectation of having an ally of the currency in the White House and with it a calmer or even positive regulatory environment for digital assets.

The oil price has also eased to less than $75 a barrel over expectations that a Trump administration will encourage crude flows in the US.

As Donald Trump walked on stage in Florida to declare himself president, Kamala Harris’s aides pivoted from hoping for her win to how best to deal with a Trump presidency.

An aide told our US partner network NBC News: “While Trump’s policies will have tremendous domestic and international ramifications, I’ll try to remind myself and others of a larger picture around values that I hold – and share with a broader group of people.”

They said the “hardest part” will be to “embody love” to the half of America’s voters who feel drawn to Trump.

“That will be the hardest part: to practise love toward someone who is drawn to such hateful rhetoric and tribal tendencies,” the aide said.

Harris has not conceded but is expected to speak later today.

Elon Musk, who spent election night with Donald Trump in Florida, has shared a flurry of posts online.

In one to his social media platform X, he said: “You are the media now.”

In another, he said that Mr Trump had a “crystal clear” mandate from the American people.

Here was a post just before Mr Trump came out to declare victory in front of his supporters in Florida – a speech in which he said “a star is born, Elon”…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, has congratulated Donald Trump on an “impressive” election “victory”.

Mr Zelenskyy said he appreciated Trump’s “commitment to the ‘peace through strength’ approach” to global affairs and that the principle could “bring just peace in Ukraine closer”.

“I am hopeful that we will put it into action together. We look forward to an era of a strong United States of America under President Trump’s decisive leadership,” he said.

Mr Trump is expected to chart a new course on major conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. He has previously claimed that he would end Russia’s war in Ukraine should he return to the White House.

Our US partner network NBC News has not yet projected a winner in the race – though Trump is all but nailed on with only four electoral votes to reach 270.

We’ve had some reaction from Sir Keir Starmer now, who has congratulated Donald Trump on his looming election victory.

“Congratulations president-elect Trump on your historic election victory. I look forward to working with you in the years ahead,” he said.

“As the closest of allies, we stand shoulder-to-shoulder in defence of our shared values of freedom, democracy and enterprise.

“From growth and security to innovation and tech, I know that the UK-US special relationship will continue to prosper on both sides of the Atlantic for years to come.”

By Jess Sharp, live news reporter in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Flags in the air, chanting USA, Donald Trump’s supporters in Bucks County are overwhelmed with joy.

Some cry as the 78-year-old’s victory speech plays on the big screen.

“Hallelujah,” a woman shouts.

“Trump that bitch,” says a man in the crowd.

Many people have cleared out of this watch party now, but the ones that remain are cheering loud and proud.

They’re pleased to hear from JD Vance as well, chanting his name, some of them while pumping their fists in the air.

It’s clear that this is a group that believes their efforts to elect Mr Trump have paid off.

But he hasn’t 100% won yet – he still needs four electoral college votes.

Nebraska is one of only two states that splits its Electoral College votes based on the preferences of its different districts.

Our US partner network NBC News projects that Kamala Harris is on track to win Nebraska’s 2nd congressional district – worth one vote.

Donald Trump looks set to sweep the other four.

They call it “Agenda 47”, an eyebrow-raising blueprint for the 47th presidency.

It could be entitled “Back to the Future”.

Donald Trump’s base yearn for “the golden era”, an America they believe has been lost.

He’s on a mission to find it for them.

The New York tycoon stands on the precipice of power beyond his wildest imagination.

Young men, black men, Latino men have bought into Trump 2.0.

The pollsters predicted a tight race. In the end, he’s probably won by something resembling a landslide – Republicans flipping the Senate.

If they retain the House of Representatives too, it will be an unchecked power – Trump holding the keys to the White House and Congress.

Reuters

Thousands of words could be written about Project 2025, the conservative Heritage Foundation’s plan for the radical reform of federal government.

But the pledge to “Make America Great Again” again goes deeper and it is a campaign that has recruited the most unlikely of poster boys.

Elon Musk, the billionaire tech mogul and world’s richest man, is on board and could soon take charge of the Department of Government Efficiency.

Robert F Kennedy Jr, who’s estranged from the rest of his political dynasty, suspended his own run for the White House to back Trump.

RFK is renowned for questioning the safety of drinking water and vaccines.

The likely president-elect has not ruled out giving him responsibility for health.

Trump and Robert F Kennedy JrReuters

In election campaign speeches, Trump has laid out his plans to invest in flying cars and build “freedom cities” – free from government regulations.

On immigration, he promised the biggest mass deportation of illegal migrants in US history, to finish building the wall and enforce strict border control.

Donald Trump has vowed to relocate rough sleepers from city centres to tented camps until their “problems can be identified”.

But it’s the culture war-mongering that will cause most alarm – no constitutional right to abortion; teachers required to “embrace patriotic values”.

Trump has an isolationist policy and seeks to detangle America from global conflicts, not least in Ukraine and the Middle East.

He has pledged to cut “hundreds of billions” of dollars in international aid, end the war in Ukraine, and potentially withdraw America from NATO.

He had already made history – the first president to become a convicted felon. Only one other has won two non-consecutive terms.

The unconventional, unfiltered 45th president of the United States will be the 47th president and the rest of the world holds its breath.