Donald Trump promises to bring about massive change – hiking import tariffs, boosting oil production and rolling back climate regulations – with the ramifications going far beyond US borders.

Trump has been elected the 47th US president, marking his second time in office, and at 78 he is the oldest person ever to be elected.

He was declared the victor on Wednesday morning (6 November) having secured more than the 270 electoral votes needed to take the presidency.

Addressing supporters in Florida, he said: “It’s a political victory that our country has never seen before – nothing like this”.

The race between the Republican Trump and the Democrat Kamala Harris looked extraordinarily close until the very end. It was only in the early hours of Wednesday morning that it became apparent that Trump was edging ahead.

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This victory was preceded by a campaign trail that saw Trump and Harris attend rallies all over the country, especially in key swing states.

Trump had an...