Donald Trump claimed his place Wednesday as America’s 45th president, an astonishing victory for the billionaire businessman.
Citizens spoke up, tired of the liberal order, mass migration, denial of the roots to terrorism. blundering economy and lost jobs to globalism.
Trump has pledged to usher in sweeping changes to U.S. foreign policy, including building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and suspending immigration from countries with terrorism ties. He’s also praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and spoken of building a better relationship with Moscow, worrying some in his own party who fear he’ll go easy on Putin’s provocations.
Putin sent him a telegram of congratulations early Wednesday.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, a reluctant Trump supporter, called the businessman earlier in the evening to congratulate him, according to a Ryan spokeswoman. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the American people “have chosen a new direction for our nation.”
Liberals and the Silicon Valley’s elite took to Twitter to freak out like big babies.
Shervin Pishevar a leftist and an investor in some of the biggest names in tech, including Uber, Airbnb and Slack, tweeted that he would start funding a campaign for California to become its own country due to Trumps win.
