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#NEWSGRAPHIC Trump needs 25 more college votes to reach the presidency @AFP pic.twitter.com/GRqFn87d8v
— AFPgraphics (@AFPgraphics) November 9, 2016
Washington, United States | AFP |
Republican billionaire Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the state of Iowa Tuesday, inching closer to winning the White House in a shock upset, television networks projected.
The midwestern US state has six Electoral College votes, moving the Manhattan property mogul closer to the total of 270 needed to claim the US presidency.
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BREAKING: Trump to address supporters in New York
Watching the returns at 9:45pm. #ElectionNight #MAGA?? pic.twitter.com/HfuJeRZbod
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2016
Trump, Clinton supporters in tears as #ElectionNight results come in pic.twitter.com/RWKKCqY2xv
— AFP news agency (@AFP) November 9, 2016
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Tokyo stocks nosedived Wednesday as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared to be closing in on victory in the knife-edge race for the White House.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index plummeted 5.5 percent, or 949.36 points, to 16,222.02 in afternoon trading.
Anti-Trump protesters gather outside the White House on #ElectionNight pic.twitter.com/J7NgRsSnZS
— AFP news agency (@AFP) November 9, 2016
