Donald Trump Wins U.S. Election, Beats Clinton

MEP: Donald Trump elected as the next president of the United States after a long, bitter and divisive election campaign hitting his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the race, according to projections.

Hillary Clinton has reportedly conceded defeated in a phone call to Mr Trump but will not speak to supporters today

Donald Trump has claimed victory and promised to do a “great job” as US president

He said he was “reaching out” to the people who had not supported him to “unify the country”.

“Now it’s time to bind the wounds of division. I say to Democrats and Republicans it is time come together as one united people,” he said.

“I pledge to be president for all Americans,” he said, adding: “The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.”

Here is US president-elect Donald Trump’s victory speech

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He said it was not a campaign but a movement that had won him the White House, comprised of “all people of different backgrounds and beliefs”.

He said victory had been “tough”. “This political stuff is nasty and it’s tough,” he said, while thanking his family.

The 2016 US election caught the attention of hundreds of millions around the world with dramatic moments in the campaign grabbing headlines for more than a year.

Trump, a former reality TV star, announced his candidacy in June 2015.