Donald Trump would be the forty seventh – and subsequent – US president after he defeated Kamala Harris in November’s election.

Trump beforehand served as US president between 2017 and 2021.

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Is Donald Trump US president but?

No.

Trump is the president-elect and his running mate, JD Vance, is the vice-president- elect.

Trump will take workplace on the presidential inauguration on Monday, 20 January 2025.

At that time he’ll legally assume the position of president.

What occurs between election day and the inauguration?

Once each legitimate vote has been counted, a process known as the electoral college formally determines the election outcome.

In every state, a various variety of electoral school votes are up for grabs.

It is securing the vast majority of these – and never the backing of voters themselves – that in the end wins the presidency.

Generally, electoral school votes are given to whoever received the favored vote in every state.

This was the case when state electors met throughout the nation on 17 December, with the ultimate tally exhibiting that Trump received 312 votes in opposition to Harris’s 226, nicely above the 270 threshold.

The new US Congress will meet on 6 January 2025 to ratify the electoral school votes and ensure the brand new president.

As outgoing vice-president, Kamala Harris will preside over this course of.

It was this assembly of Congress that Trump supporters tried to cease in 2021, when they marched on the US Capitol after Trump refused to concede to Biden.

Trump will likely be sworn in as president throughout the inauguration ceremony on the Capitol on 20 January.

He will take the oath of workplace after which ship his first speech as president, referred to as the inaugural handle.

Trump didn’t attend Biden’s inauguration in 2021.

However, the White House has confirmed that Biden will attend Trump’s swearing-in.

Can Donald Trump serve a 3rd time period as president?

The twenty second Amendment of the US Constitution prohibits anybody from holding presidential workplace 3 times.

This applies even when – as is the case with Trump – the 2 phrases weren’t consecutive.

Theoretically, the modification wouldn’t cease a former president from changing into vice-president in a future administration, however constitutional consultants say that is extraordinarily unlikely to occur.

What has Donald Trump accomplished since successful the election?

Trump met outgoing president, Joe Biden, at the White House – to symbolise the peaceable switch of energy.

He has spoken to world leaders together with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

He has additionally meet quite a lot of influential enterprise leaders at his Florida resort Mar-a-Lago, together with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, TikTok’s Shou Zi Chew and Apple’s Tim Cook.

Trump has additionally nominated greater than two dozen individuals to fill key roles.

These included South Africa-born billionaire businessman Elon Musk who will head up the newly-announced Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) alongside former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, with a short to chop spending and remove waste.

Doge will likely be an advisory physique reasonably than an official authorities division, and Musk and Ramaswamy have mentioned they are going to “serve as outside volunteers”.

In addition, as reported by The South African website, Trump named South Africa-born former PayPal chief working officer David Sacks as White House “AI and Crypto Czar.”

Trump’s picks for cupboard roles have to be accredited by the US Senate.

How fearful are you about Donald Trump taking on as US president for one more 4 years?

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