Trump promises to ‘stop wars’ and doesn’t mention Ukraine during victory speech

US President-elect Donald Trump said he would “stop the wars” in his victory speech Wednesday morning at his campaign headquarters in Florida.

Shortly after midnight EST, Trump took the stage at his home at the Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, Florida, to address the crowd of supporters who had gathered there in anticipation of his victory.

He boasted of defeating the Islamic State (ISIS) and the absence of wars during his final four-year presidential term, and hit back at critics who said he would start more wars by saying he would instead “stop wars.”

“We didn’t have wars – for four years – we didn’t have wars. Except we defeated ISIS…we defeated ISIS in record time and (sic) but we didn’t have wars.

“They said, ‘He’s going to start a war,’ I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars,” Trump said.

In his speech, he did not mention either Ukraine or Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, although he promised to stop the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours” in widely publicized comment in June 2023 without further clarification.

His partner J.D. Vance was verbally against further aid to Ukraine, raising fears that Washington’s current support for Ukraine in the fight against Moscow’s encroachment could end.

Trump mentioned Russia briefly during his victory speech, where he said the US had more “liquid gold” – oil – than Saudi Arabia and Russia.

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With Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes secured for the former president, Vice President Harris has no path to victory and Trump’s victory is assured.

Although the polls are not yet complete, current polls indicate that Trump is likely to win the election and become the 47th president of the United States. With Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes to his name, he had 267 votes, leaving only three needed to secure the 270 votes needed to win the election. Trump could easily achieve this with only Alaska, a heavily Republican state, with the three votes needed.

This leaves no conceivable path to victory for the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris waged her shortest presidential campaign after her boss, President Joe Biden, was convinced to drop out of the race following a dismal performance in a televised debate with Trump.