Donald Trump elected 45th president of the United States in 2016 – from the SCMP archive

This article was first published on November 10, 2016. Trump reaches out for unity by Shi Jiangtao Donald Trump called for national unity and promised to work with all nations in a triumphant victory speech yesterday (November 9, 2016) that capped the 70-year-old real estate mogul’s election as the United States’ 45th president. Trump’s stunning upset over Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, who had been widely expected to become the US’ first woman president, defied almost all odds and polls,

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