Are there going to be any checks on Donald Trump's power now that he has been elected?
• Nov 10, 2024, 3:21 PM
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Five days on from the US elections, Donald Trump's landslide victory is confirmed: with all votes now counted, the president-elect won the swing state of Arizona - bringing his total number of electoral votes to 312 against Kamala Harris' 226. He not only won in more than half of the country's 50 states, but also flipped key battleground territory that had voted for the Democrats in the last election. More information with France 24’s Andrew Hilliar.
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