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Donald Trump will become the 45th US president after a stunning victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton.
The Republican nominee’s victory came down to a handful of key swing states, despite months of polling that favoured Mrs Clinton.
The battlegrounds of Florida, Ohio and North Carolina cleared the way for his Brexit-style upset.
Global markets plummeted, with the US dollar diving and gold prices surging.
Mr Trump’s shock victory in Wisconsin put him over the 270 out of 538 electoral college votes needed to win the White House, after a gruelling and rancorous campaign.
The US president-elect took to the stage with his family at his victory rally in a New York hotel ballroom and said he had received a call from Mrs Clinton congratulating him on his victory.
The real estate tycoon, former reality TV star and political newcomer, who was universally ridiculed when he declared his candidacy in June last year, said his victory had been “tough”.
Mr Trump has so far won 28 US states, smashing into Mrs Clinton’s vaunted electoral firewall in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, states that have not supported a Republican presidential candidate since 1988 and 1984 respectively.
He also prevailed in Iowa, which has not elected a Republican since 2004.
Mr Trump will take office in January with Congress fully under Republican control as Democrats were unable to wrest control of the Senate in Tuesday’s general election.
BBC