US Election 2024 Key Highlights: Donald Trump wins battleground Georgia, another blow to Kamala Harris
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are securing solid wins in early projections as polls close in critical states following a closely contested race for the White House. Republican Trump is projected to win 8 states, while Democrat Harris has claimed 5 states, according to initial projections by the Associated Press.
Former President Donald Trump secured a victory in South Carolina on Tuesday, claiming the state's nine electoral votes for the third consecutive election.
South Carolina has not supported a Democratic presidential candidate since 1976, when Democrat Jimmy Carter, the governor of neighboring Georgia, triumphed over Republican President Gerald Ford in the South.
Vice President Kamala Harris is the Democratic candidate in the 2024 U.S. Presidential election, with the goal of making history as the first woman and the first person of Indian descent to become President of the United States.
On the Republican side, Donald Trump, the former President, is seeking a historic comeback to the White House after his contentious loss in 2020. If Trump wins, it would mark the first time in over a century that a president has served two non-consecutive terms.
In the 2016 election, Trump won the presidency by securing 304 electoral votes to 227 against Hillary Clinton, even though he trailed Clinton by more than 2 percentage points and about 2.8 million votes in the popular vote.
However, in the 2020 election, Trump was defeated by Joe Biden, who won with 306 electoral votes to 232 and led Trump by over 700,000 votes in the popular vote. Trump has continued to deny the 2020 election results, claiming widespread voter fraud, a stance that sparked protests by his supporters and culminated in the January 6 Capitol Riots.
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06 Nov 2024, 11:20:52 AM IST
US Election 2024 Key Highlights: Democrat John Mannion wins in central New York
Democrat John Mannion has won a major victory in central New York, defeating Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Brandon Williams in a district that includes Syracuse. This win gives Democrats a long-sought success in a region where they have faced challenges in recent years.
Mannion, a state senator and former teacher, beat Williams, who was considered one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the House.
06 Nov 2024, 11:10:42 AM IST
US Election 2024 Key Highlights: Trump wins battleground Georgia, another blow to Harris: US media
Trump wins battleground Georgia, another blow to Harris: US media
06 Nov 2024, 11:09:20 AM IST
US Election 2024 Key Highlights: Shri Thanedar re-elected to House of Representatives from Michigan
Indian American Congressman Shri Thanedar was re-elected from the thirteenth Congressional district of Michigan.
He defeated his Republican rival Martell Bivings by a margin of over 35 percentage points as he was re-elected for the second term. (PTI)
06 Nov 2024, 11:06:17 AM IST
US Election 2024 Key Highlights: Republican Bernie Moreno defeats US Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio
Republicans won a crucial Senate race in Ohio on Tuesday, with Trump-backed Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno defeating Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, helping the GOP shift control of the chamber.
At $500 million in spending, it became the most expensive Senate race of the year and one of the priciest in U.S. history. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 10:52:15 AM IST
US Election 2024 Key Highlights: Florida ballot measure to guarantee abortion rights falls short
A proposal to amend Florida's state constitution to guarantee abortion rights failed to meet the 60% vote threshold needed to pass, according to Edison Research on Tuesday. This marks the first such measure to fail since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion in 2022.
Florida was one of 10 states where abortion-related measures were on the ballot in Tuesday’s election for the U.S. presidency and control of Congress. (Reuters)
06 Nov 2024, 10:49:25 AM IST
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Seven battleground states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — are expected to be pivotal in Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. (Reuters)
06 Nov 2024, 10:40:45 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Republicans one seat away from Senate majority
Republicans were one seat away from gaining the Senate majority late Tuesday after firebrand Senator Ted Cruz of Texas defeated Democrat Colin Allred, bringing the GOP closer to taking control of the chamber. (PTI)
06 Nov 2024, 10:39:14 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Republican US Sen. Josh Hawley wins reelection in Missouri
Republican U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, won reelection in Missouri on Tuesday, defeating Democratic challenger Lucas Kunce.
Hawley, who is widely recognized for his role in the January 6, 2021, effort to block the certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory, became a focal point after a photo of him raising his fist to the mob outside the U.S. Capitol that day drew bipartisan criticism. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 10:38:09 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota wins 4th term
Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has won a fourth term, defeating anti-establishment Republican and former NBA player Royce White in Minnesota’s top election matchup.
“To the state of Minnesota. I once again pledge to you I will stand my ground while always seeking common ground," Klobuchar told cheering supporters in St. Paul. “I will strive every day to be worthy of your faith and trust." (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 10:08:18 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: 'Game, set and match,' says Musk
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06 Nov 2024, 10:02:13 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Here's what CNN poll projects
Harris:
CNN projects Kamala Harris wins Oregon, California, and Washington.
Trump:
CNN projects Donald Trump wins Idaho, Iowa, and Kansas.
06 Nov 2024, 09:58:12 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Green Party candidate Stein fires back at 'spoiler' accusations
U.S. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein says she is experiencing a level of support in this campaign unlike anything she's seen in previous races, and she's undeterred by warnings that her candidacy could help Donald Trump in a close contest.
Speaking to AFP after polls closed in Michigan, where her strong criticism of U.S. support for Israel has resonated with the state's large Muslim and Arab-American communities, the 74-year-old Stein fired back at Democrats who have labeled her a "spoiler." (AFP)
06 Nov 2024, 09:54:51 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Harris voters motivated by democracy, Trump supporters by inflation and immigration
Voters who supported Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in Tuesday's presidential election had fundamentally different motivations, highlighting a deep national divide over the issues facing the United States.
According to AP VoteCast, an extensive survey of more than 115,000 voters nationwide, the future of democracy was a key concern for Harris’ supporters. This suggests that the Democratic nominee's campaign messaging, particularly her closing argument labelling Trump as a fascist, resonated with many voters. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 09:32:34 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Democrat Andy Kim wins open New Jersey Senate seat
Democratic U.S. Representative Andy Kim was elected to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, defeating Republican businessman Curtis Bashaw. Kim will fill the seat vacated by Bob Menendez, who resigned earlier this year following his federal conviction on bribery charges. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 09:15:30 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Black women break barrier in US Senate by winning two seats
Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester, two Black women, have made history by winning U.S. Senate seats for Maryland and Delaware, respectively, breaking new ground in a 235-year-old institution traditionally dominated by White men.
With only 11 Black individuals having served in the Senate, and just three of them women, this marks the first time two Black women have held Senate seats simultaneously. (Bloomberg)
06 Nov 2024, 08:59:59 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Abortion rights supporters lose on Florida ballot measure
Voters in Florida rejected a measure to include abortion rights in the state constitution on Tuesday, but supported abortion-rights advocates in ballot measures in Maryland and New York. Results were still pending in seven other states with abortion-related measures on the ballot. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 08:58:43 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Kamala Harris wins District of Columbia
Vice President Kamala Harris won the District of Columbia on Tuesday, capturing the capital's three electoral votes. Harris' victory in DC was expected, as the district has long been a Democratic stronghold and frequently clashed with former President Donald Trump during his tenure. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 08:58:10 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Dollar gains 1.5% against yen, euro ahead of US election result
The dollar gained approximately 1.5% against both the yen and the euro on Wednesday as traders considered the budgetary impact of a Donald Trump victory in the U.S. presidential election.
At around 0245 GMT, the greenback surged 1.51% against the yen, reaching 153.89 yen, and climbed 1.41% to nearly 0.93 euros. (AFP)
06 Nov 2024, 08:45:54 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Harris leads Trump 50% to 48.4% in Wisconsin in early trends
In Wisconsin, a crucial battleground state, with 42.3% of the vote counted, Harris leads Trump with 50% to his 48.4%, according to Edison Research. (Reuters)
06 Nov 2024, 08:43:50 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Donald Trump narrowly leads Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania with 50.2%
In Pennsylvania, a key battleground state, with 50.2% of the estimated vote counted, Trump holds 50.4% while Harris has 48.6%, according to Edison Research. (Reuters)
06 Nov 2024, 08:40:39 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Trump and Harris notch easy wins
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris secured easy wins in their respective strongholds, while attention now turns to the battleground states, where the results remain too close to call. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 08:38:53 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Donald Trump wins Utah
Donald Trump won Utah and its six electoral votes on Tuesday. The Mountain West state is a reliable Republican stronghold, though it has historically shown some ambivalence toward Trump. His bold style and controversial remarks about immigrants have not always resonated with certain members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, who make up roughly half of Utah's 3.4 million residents.
06 Nov 2024, 08:38:38 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Trump and Harris rack up early wins as America awaits battleground results
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris scored early victories in states that reliably lean Republican and Democratic, respectively, as voters across a divided America cast their ballots in what is shaping up to be a decisive contest for the nation's future. Polls have closed in six of the seven key battleground states—Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, and North Carolina—but results from these states are still too close to call at this stage.
06 Nov 2024, 08:34:40 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Here's what Edison Research said
Preliminary results from the Nevada exit poll show that Donald Trump has won 52% of voters aged 65 and older, while Kamala Harris has secured 45%. Trump's share is down by 1 percentage point compared to the 2020 election, according to Edison Research.
06 Nov 2024, 08:32:32 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Donald Trump wins Montana
Former President Donald Trump won Montana for the third consecutive election on Tuesday, adding four electoral votes to his tally. Montana has one more electoral vote this cycle than it did in the previous two, as the state received an additional congressional seat following the 2020 census. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 08:29:04 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Sen. Bernie Sanders wins a fourth term representing Vermont
Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent beloved by progressives, won reelection Tuesday to a fourth six-year term in the U.S. Senate.
Sanders defeated Republican Gerald Malloy, a U.S. Army veteran and businessman. Also on the ballot were independent candidate Steve Berry, as well as minor party candidates Mark Stewart Greenstein, Matt Hill and Justin Schoville.
The 83-year-old senator is a self-described democratic socialist who caucuses with the Democrats and twice came close to winning the presidential nomination. More recently, he has worked closely with the Biden administration to craft its domestic policy goals on health care, education, child care and workers’ rights. He is the longest serving independent in Congress. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 08:18:20 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Republican Mike Braun wins Indiana governor’s race, extending the GOP’s hold on the office
Republican Mike Braun won the Indiana governor’s race Tuesday, defeating Democrat Jennifer McCormick, a former Republican who split with the party after serving as the state’s schools superintendent.
The victory by Braun, a U.S. senator who’s the wealthy founder of a national auto parts distribution business, extends the GOP’s 20-year-hold on the state’s top office in deep red Indiana.
Braun, 70, will succeed outgoing Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb, who could not seek a third term because of term limits. Braun opted not to seek reelection to a second term in the Senate so he could run for governor. He won the GOP’s six-way May primary election to succeed Holcomb with about 40% of the vote. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 08:13:25 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Trump, Harris rack up early wins as America awaits battleground results
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris notched early wins in reliably Republican and Democratic states, respectively, as a divided America made its decision in a stark choice for the nation's future Tuesday.
Polls closed in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and North Carolina, six of the seven closely fought battlegrounds expected to decide the election, but the results there were too early to call. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 08:08:49 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Trump at 168 electoral votes, Harris at 81: US media
Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump are battling it out for the White House, with polls gradually closing across the United States Tuesday and a long night of waiting for results expected.
Results are tumbling in, with US media projecting wins for Trump so far in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Harris has so far captured Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and the US capital Washington, DC.
So far, that gives Harris 81 electoral votes and Trump 168. (AFP)
06 Nov 2024, 07:58:58 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Florida abortion rights ballot measure falls short of 60% requirement, making it first to fail
Florida voters Tuesday rejected creating a constitutional right to abortion, a political win for Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that will keep in place the state’s ban on most abortions after the first six weeks of pregnancy.
It’s the first ballot measure victory for abortion opponents in any state since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, a decision that ended the nationwide right to abortion and opened the door to bans in most GOP-controlled states, protections in Democrat-dominated ones and new political and legal battles across the country. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 07:56:01 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Donald Trump wins Texas
Former President Donald Trump won Texas for the third consecutive election on Tuesday, adding 40 electoral votes to his tally.
Texas gained two more electoral votes this cycle after the 2020 census. The Republican nominee for president has won Texas for nearly 50 years since Democrat Jimmy Carter carried the state in 1976. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:12 p.m. EST. (PTI)
06 Nov 2024, 07:55:19 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Initial results coming in from several states; voting continues in some others
The first results are coming in for the US presidential election with Republican leader Donald Trump projected to notch up wins in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Florida, Arkansas and Vice President Kamala Harris set to emerge victorious in Vermont, Delaware and New Jersey.
As per latest trends, Harris is winning 27 electoral college votes and Trump 105. 270 electoral college votes are required to win the race.
Trump is also projected to win Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee while Harris is racing to emerge victorious in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Massachusetts.
Interestingly, Harris is ahead with 68.4 per cent of the votes counted in the battleground state of Pennsylvania with Trump trailing at 30.7 per cent. (PTI)
06 Nov 2024, 07:34:42 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Donald Trump wins Wyoming
Former President Donald Trump beat Vice President Kamala Harris in deep-red Wyoming to win the least-populated state's three electoral votes on Tuesday. One of the most Republican states by almost any measure, Wyoming gave Trump his widest margins of victory in any state in the 2020 and 2016 elections. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 07:16:30 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Trump wins Florida, four other states, Harris captures Massachusetts, Maryland: CNN projects
With first results of the US presidential elections trickling in the CNN exit poll has projected a win for former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump in Florida, while Democratic candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris has picked up Massachusetts, Maryland and Vermont.
Harris and Trump each need at least 270 electoral votes to win the presidency in an election that is seen as one of the most significant in recent US history.
Trump, who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, is seeking a return to the White House after losing to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Harris has been serving as vice president since January 2021. (ANI)
06 Nov 2024, 07:15:57 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Trump to win Florida race, predicts CNN
CNN projects that Donald Trump will win the key Florida race, while Kamala Harris has secured victories in Massachusetts and Maryland. Races in battleground states are still too close to call at this point.
06 Nov 2024, 07:05:52 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Trump has secured 42% of the vote among those aged 18-29
According to Edison Research, Donald Trump has secured 42% of the vote among those aged 18-29, while Kamala Harris has received 55%. Trump's share has increased by 6 percentage points compared to the 2020 election. (Reuters)
06 Nov 2024, 07:05:01 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: See latest projections
Trump 101
Harris 49
(Credit: AP)
06 Nov 2024, 07:00:43 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Donald Trump wins Mississippi
Former President Donald Trump won Mississippi on Tuesday, claiming the state's six electoral votes and continuing a long winning streak for Republicans. The last Democratic presidential nominee to win Mississippi was Jimmy Carter in 1976. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 06:56:51 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Republican US Sen. Marsha Blackburn wins reelection in Tennessee
Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn won her reelection bid Tuesday, securing a victory in GOP-dominant Tennessee after largely avoiding her Democratic opponent.
Blackburn defeated state Rep. Gloria Johnson, who shot to fame last year after she was nearly expelled from the Statehouse for her participation in a gun control protest from the House floor. Johnson had hoped the national attention on her gun control reform efforts and support for reproductive rights would appeal to Tennessee voters used to electing Republicans in statewide positions.
However, even though she ran a much more subdued campaign compared to the grueling victory she secured six years ago, Blackburn easily snagged another win. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 06:55:29 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Republicans make expected gain in battle for control of US Congress
Republicans flipped a US Senate seat from the Democrats in the deeply conservative state of West Virginia Tuesday as they fought for control of Congress in elections that will determine how much of the next president's agenda gets enacted.
Jim Justice, the sitting governor of the Mountain State, had been widely expected to best former mayor Glenn Elliott in the race to replace retiring moderate Joe Manchin, an independent who voted with the Democrats.
Justice was elected governor as a Democrat in 2016 but switched soon after entering office.
In parallel with the presidential election, voters in hundreds of congressional districts were deciding if Democrats or Republicans will hold the gavel in both chambers come January. (AFP)
06 Nov 2024, 06:41:08 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: FBI says fake bomb threats made to US polling stations, sees Russia link -statement
The FBI said on Tuesday fake bomb threats have been made to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains.
"None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far," it said in a statement. It did not identify the states. (Reuters)
06 Nov 2024, 06:39:57 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates:See projections here
Donald Trump projected as winner in:
Alabama
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kamala Harris projected as winner in:
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
(Credit: CNN)
06 Nov 2024, 06:37:02 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: See latest projections here
Donald Trump: 95
Kamala Harris: 35
Credit: AP Projections
06 Nov 2024, 06:24:51 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Republican Anna Luna wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida's 13th Congressional District
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. Luna, a first-term congresswoman and Freedom Caucus member, has been a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, who carried this Gulf Coast district in 2020.
She defeated Democrat Whitney Fox, who formerly worked in marketing and communications at the Pinellas County transit authority. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 06:24:00 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Two Democratic leaders seek reelection in competitive races in New Mexico
Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez is seeking a second term in New Mexico’s swing district along the U.S.-Mexico border, in a rematch against the Republican he ousted in 2022.
GOP challenger Yvette Herrell waged her fourth consecutive campaign for Congress in the majority-Latino district that stretches from the border to Albuquerque.
In 2021, Democratic state lawmakers redrew congressional boundaries to divvy up a politically conservative, oil-producing region among three districts.
Vasquez, a former Las Cruces city councilor, has invoked his knowledge of the border region and its economy as the U.S.-born son of immigrants from Mexico. His campaign has proposed safeguards against cartels that smuggle drugs or migrants, a humanitarian approach to asylum-seekers and support for abortion rights. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 06:21:23 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Donald Trump claims Pennsylvania vote fraud as Kamala Harris stumps in Michigan
Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on his baseless predictions of voter fraud in battleground states as he and rival Kamala Harris launched their frantic final 48 hours of campaigning to court the last holdouts in a bitterly contested US election.
The presidential race is going down to the wire, with more states functionally tied in polls at this point than in any comparable election.
Over 77.3 million people have now voted ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, just over half of the total ballots cast in 2020.
With the hours ticking away, 78-year-old Trump again indicated he may not accept a defeat and he added to his increasingly dark rhetoric by musing to supporters that he wouldn't mind if journalists were shot.
06 Nov 2024, 06:19:26 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Republicans pick up West Virginia's Senate seat, CNN projects
Republicans pick up West Virginia's Senate seat, CNN projects
06 Nov 2024, 06:19:06 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Polls in swing states begin to close as sharply divided America chooses between Harris and Trump
A divided America weighed a stark choice for the nation’s future Tuesday as a presidential campaign marked by upheaval and rancor approached its finale.
Voters were deciding whether to send Republican Donald Trump back to the White House or make Vice President Kamala Harris the first female president. Polls closed Tuesday in Georgia and North Carolina, two of the closely fought battlegrounds that could decide the election, as well as a half-dozen other states. On Election Day, tens of millions of Americans added their ballots to the 84 million cast early as they chose between two candidates with drastically different temperaments and visions for the country.
Trump and Harris each notched early wins in reliably Republican and Democratic states, respectively. Trump won Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana, and Harris took Vermont. (AP)
06 Nov 2024, 06:14:24 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Democrat Stein wins North Carolina governor's race
Democrat Josh Stein won the North Carolina governor's race on Tuesday, Fox News projected, defeating Republican Mark Robinson, whose candidacy imploded following a CNN report that he had called himself a "Black Nazi" and made other offensive remarks on a pornographic website.
Robinson, the Southern state's lieutenant governor, has denied the allegations and filed a defamation lawsuit against CNN.
Robinson was endorsed by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who previously praised him as "Martin Luther King on steroids" but whose campaign distanced itself after the scandal broke in September. (Reuters)
06 Nov 2024, 06:13:29 AM IST
US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: US will be more isolationist whoever wins election, India foreign minister says
The United States is likely to become more isolationist regardless of who becomes its next president, India's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Speaking at an event in Canberra as Americans were still casting votes, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said the election was unlikely to reverse what he called he called a long-term trend in U.S. policy.
"Probably starting from (President Barack) Obama the U.S. has become much more cautious about its global commitments," he said, pointing to a U.S. reluctance to deploy troops and its withdrawal from Afghanistan under President Joe Biden.
"President Trump may be more articulate and expressive in that regard," he said during a panel discussion with the foreign ministers of Australia and New Zealand. (Reuters)