Defying all odds, Donald Trump becomes 45th president of the United States
Donald Trump stunned America and the world Wednesday, riding a wave of populist resentment to defeat Hillary Clinton in the race to become the 45th president of the United States.
The Republican mogul defeated his Democratic rival, plunging global markets into turmoil and casting the long-standing global political order, which hinges on Washington’s leadership, into doubt.
Trump was soon to address his jubilant supporters at a victory party in Manhattan, his hometown.
12:32pm: Trump wins Midwestern state of Wisconsin, putting him on verge of victory
12:10pm: Trump leads with 265 electoral votes
Trump leading 265-218 in the race to 270 electoral votes.
12:05pm: Clinton campaign chairman asks supporters to go home
Clinton campaign chairman asking supporters at rally to go home saying: Everyone should head home, get some sleep.
“Several states are too close to call, so we’re not going to have anything more to say tonight,” Podesta further said.
11:45am: Trump wins Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania had voted Democratic in previous elections.
11:30am: Republicans march toward defense of Senate, House majorities
Republicans will maintain their six-year control over the US House of Representatives, major TV networks projected on Tuesday night, and were also on track to defend their Senate majority, against a handful of failed Democratic challengers.
11:15am: Trump leading with 244 electoral votes
Trump leading 244-215 in the race to 270 electoral votes.
Trump needs 25 more electoral college votes to reach the presidency. Clinton needs 55.
10:55am: Pakistan stocks plunge as Trump edges ahead
Pakistan equities slumped as Republican candidate Donald Trump appeared to be edging ahead of his competitor, Hillary Clinton, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index plunging as much as 761 points or 1.8% in early-morning trading.
The KSE-100 Index, however, recovered almost half its losses, but was still down 428 points, or 1.02% at 10:30am.
10:50am: Trump needs 25 more electoral college votes to reach the presidency
10:25am: Clinton wins Nevada
10:15am: Canada immigration website appears to crash as Trump lead grows
Maybe some Americans were serious when they threatened they would move to Canada if Republican presidential candidate became successful in his often polarising campaign for the White House.Some users in the United States, Canada and Asia saw an internal serve error message when trying to access the www.cic.gc.ca website.
10:05am: Trump leading by 240 electoral votes
Trump leading 240-209 in the race to 270 electoral votes.
9:58am: Donald Trump wins Utah
Donald Trump edges nearer to the magical target of 270. He is leading 222-209 in the race to 270 electoral votes.
9:48am: Trump wins Iowa, edging closer to White House
Republican candidate now needs 42 electoral votes to win.
9:44am: Clinton wins Washington and Colorado
9:30am: Trump leads again
Trump leading 216-188 in the race to 270 electoral votes.
Trump needs 48 electoral votes to win.
