Republican candidate Trump takes early victory lap with Mar-a-Lago speech
Al Jazeera
Though news outlets had not yet named him the winner, Trump celebrated his anticipated victory with family and allies.
As former United States President Donald Trump inched closer to 270 Electoral College votes in the wee hours of Wednesday, he took the stage at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida to take an early victory lap.
Giving a nod to the attempt against his life in July, Trump implied his presidency was divinely ordained.
“Many people have told me that God spared my life for a reason. And that reason was to save our country and to restore America to greatness,” he told the audience at his Election Night party.
“And now we are going to fulfil that mission together.”
No major news organisation had named Trump the winner of the presidential election when he took the stage. But he was within spitting distance of victory: Most media outlets put him just a handful of Electoral College votes away.
