Breaking News: Donald Trump Wins US 45th Presidencial Election and the world is shocked!

Donald Trump will become the 45th president of the United States and its commander-in-chief, a stunning achievement for a complete novice to governing whose campaign was written off by the nation's political class.

He defeated Hillary Clinton, the first female presidential nominee of a major party and a former first lady, senator from New York and secretary of state. Shortly after Trump's victory was called, Clinton called him to concede and congratulate Trump.



The election of Trump may be the greatest political surprise of the modern era, after the Republican nominee trailed national and state-by-state polls for over 100 consecutive days. The New York real estate tycoon and reality TV star– with no experience in public service– has proposed a ban on all Muslims from entering the US homeland, a wall on the nation's southern border with Mexico, a trade war with China, a softening with Russia and a ruthless war against Islamists across the Middle East.

His victory was a shocking rebuke to the outgoing president, Barack Obama, who warned that Trump is temperamentally unfit for the presidency and an existential threat to the very foundations of the world's oldest democratic republic.



"We will get along with all other nations," Trump said in his victory speech, "willing to get along with us."

"The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer," said the president-elect. "We will deal fairly with everyone — all people, and all other nations."

Stock futures plummeted over 800 points as his victory became apparent. If that drop holds Wednesday morning, it will represent a greater market crash than the world has seen since the Great Recession began in the fall of 2008.