Kamala Harris

Say what you like about him, Donald Trump takes spring cleaning very seriously (Picture: Jim Watson)

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Mr Trump – keep cleaning but don’t break precious things

His family and political allies ignored the reality that Joe Biden was too old to do another term as US president

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Explosive book exposes Biden's decline and cover up

Manufacturers like Thales could gain from extra defence cash, while other areas of public spending is cut. Trump’s second presidency will have a range of economic impacts on Northern Ireland and the UK. Most are negative

Esmond Birnie: The economic impact of Trump looks dire for both NI and America

Elon Musk, left, and Donald Trump, right, share an often childish, mischievous sense of humour, full of memes and exaggerations

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Freedom of speech is what our democracies are built on

Donald Trump at his election night victory rally in West Palm Beach, Florida three weeks ago on November 6. His win was so unexpected that it was wrongly dubbed a landslide. In fact he won by one of the narrowest margins of any president since 1972, and with the vote not yet fully counted is only 1.6% ahead of of Kamala Harris (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Ben Lowry: It is now clear that Trump only scraped his election victory

The biggest conundrum remains, namely why did millions and millions of people vote for a candidate with such a flawed character? asks Alf McCreary

Alf McCreary: Trump's mastery of TV presentation evokes memories of Paisley

Hillary Clinton at a women in leadership event at Queen's University Belfast. Photo: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA Wire

Clinton: Looks a barrier to women becoming US President

President-elect Donald Trump speaks in Washington yesterday (Friday November 13). He targeted evangelicals by being anti abortion. Does Trump have the courage to sit with the leaders of Russia, North Korea and China in the pursuit of peace? (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

John Coulter: Trump reflects a new dawn in Christian influence on politics

Elon Musk posted on X this image about voter ID to suggest the Democrats were cheating. Donald Trump’s claim of widespread election fraud were nonsense, but Northern Ireland showed how Voter ID does reduce the scope for personation

Ben Lowry: Trump poll fraud claims were nonsense but Voter ID cut cheating in NI

Donald Trump brings chaos, uncertainty and weakness to America and possibly to the world, writes Arnold Carton

Letter: None of us really know what Trump will do in office

Kamala Harris, Donald Trump.

Watch: Donald Trump wins Arizona completing sweep of swing states

Kama Labanon and Tamarah Davis both voted for Donald Trump. Pic taken by Ben Lowry at the Messinger Mortuary polling station in Scottsdale, Arizona on election day, Tuesday November 5 2024

Ben Lowry: Voters in split Arizona county say why they backed Trump or Harris

UK newspapers report President-elect Donald Trump's victory. His support went up among blacks and Hispanics. The woke extremism that is so embedded in the liberal consensus at Stormont and NI NGOs has been rejected by US voters (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Ben Lowry: Trump win shows unionists that decline is not inevitable

Donald Trump ran a vigorous campaign, gathering such widespread support that, placed alongside his controversial background, seemed baffling to so many

Ian Ellis: Sense of healing needed in deeply divided US society

President Elect Donald Trump speaks in Palm Beach Florida during an election night victory party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. The polls underestimated him in 2016, 2020 and again this week (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Ben Lowry: Clues that Trump could win the election were dismissed by his critics

Morning View

Editorial: Trump is right on key issues and now has a great election victory
News Letter editorial on Thursday November 7 2024:
Editorial

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump points to the crowd at an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump's stunning election victory sends shockwaves felt in NI, London and Dublin

Donald Trump is patriotic and talks to ordinary people as friends and allies with humour and high optimism

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Trump knew what mattered most - putting bread on the table

We are entering a new golden age in politics with the election of Donald Trump as US president, writes Stevan Patterson

Letter: A Trump presidency is just what the world needs

Americans in Northern Ireland react to Donald Trump's election victory. From left, Sigga Sharp, Ed Bisset and Risa Basselin.

Americans in NI either 'happy or heartbroken' at Trump victory

A supporter holds up a Trump hat during an election night watch party (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s decisive victory in a deeply divided nation

Donald Trump has won the US election crossing the 270 line

Donald Trump acknowledges US First Lady Melania Trump alongside their son Barron Trump during at his election watch party (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Starmer congratulates Trump on ‘historic’ US election victory

Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives with former first lady Melania Trump and son Barron Trump at the Palm Beach County Convention Center during an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Donald Trump claims victory as next US president and might win by landslide

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump walk after voting on election day at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

First polls close in US election, as most of the country is still voting

Americans living in Northern Ireland give their views on the Trump Vs Harris election. From top left: Dr Nik Ribianszky from Michigan, Anna Robinson from Minnesota, Austin Mackintosh from Texas. Bottom from left: Risa Basselin from Chicago, Sigga Sharp from California, Ed Bisset from Alaska.

Worries on how US parties will take election loss

Kamala is not a radical and will be a great president, says ex colleague
Kamala Harris is a “special person” who is not a left-wing political radical and will be a good US president, says a former colleague of hers in San Francisco.
Ben Lowry

Morning View

Editorial: Americans will have to make the best of a poor choice for president

Esmond Birnie: Harris and Trump both present concerns for world economy

Lisa Rose from Washington Metropolitan Area, Ed Bisset from Alaska and Ted Cox from Colorado have all given their take on the US Election between Donald Trumpr and Kamala Harris for President of the US.

US citizens in Northern Ireland give their take on US election

A poll of 2,000 Brits found Michelle Obama, Bill Gates or Arnold Schwarzenegger would be the best next president of the United States

Brits reveal who they want as US president

Former President Donald Trump speaks with Tucker Carlson in Glendale, Arizona. Ben Lowry, who was in the audience, thinks that Kamala Harris is not far enough ahead in the polls, although she does have some routes to victory (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Ben Lowry: Harris is getting good polls but I still think data favours Trump

Democratic presidential nominee vice-president Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix. Picture: AP Photo/Matt York

Ben Lowry: I've now seen both - Trump is more magnetic, Harris more likable

Donald Trump is running neck and neck with Kamala Harris in the polls, so if this is an underestimation of his support - as has happened in the past with polls - it looks like Trump will win the popular vote, and win the Electoral College

Gerry Lynch: Why Donald Trump will win race to be next US president

Research has shown that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has a connection with Ulster through an 18th century ancestor from Ballymoney

Paul McElhinney: Election will be fought ‘tooth and nail’ given high stakes

Immigration concerns: Jaime Lamb from Boulder, Nevada at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas said she was supporting his attempt to control the border with Mexico. Jaime is pictured with her daughter, Gian, eight, and son Crewe, nine, at the event at Thomas and Mack Arena on Thursday October 24. Pic by Ben Lowry

Ben Lowry: I watched Donald Trump in Nevada and was reminded why he might win

Trump at the Catholic Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation event in New York on Thursday. The polls underestimated him in both 2016 and 2020 (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Ben Lowry: Why I think Trump is marginal favourite to win the US presidency

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