The victory of the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, in the United States presidential elections on Tuesday made history in several aspects, although the defeat of the vice president, Kamala Harris, prevented other firsts: she would be the first black and South American. Women. Asian president.

He was convicted of serious crimes.

He was the first former president of the United States found guilty of a federal crime in court. Now, after being elected president again, Donald Trump becomes the oo first recorded American head of stateafter the New York court’s decision on the Stormy Daniels case was final.

The sentencing decision was announced in may. The former head of state was accused of 34 crimes, the vast majority related to falsification of documents to hide payments. The jury in the case found him guilty of all of them.

What was at stake was the main allegation that Trump had used his company’s money to pay porn actress Stormy Danielsin exchange for her keeping silent about the relationship she had with the millionaire. Trump’s defense claimed that the former president wanted to protect the marriage, while the prosecution stated that the goal was to prevent the case from becoming public so as not to harm Trump in the 2016 presidential campaign.

At the time, in statements to journalists outside the court, the Republican had considered that “the true verdict” would be known. November 5 and that it would be “given by the people” and not by a judicial body that did not recognize legitimacy. He referred to the date of the presidential elections that he won this Tuesday.

The trial would already be historic as it would be the first time that a former North American president was tried in a criminal court. Donald Trump thus becomes the first president to sit in the Oval Office with the shadow of an effective conviction for a federal crime.

He is the oldest to be elected.

At 78 years old, Trump is the oldest person to be elected President of the United States of America (USA). When he takes office on January 20, 2025, he will be a few months older than his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden, when he took office in 2020. ticket JD Vance, 40, will be the third-youngest vice president.

He is the second to win two non-consecutive terms.

Several American presidents have served more than one term, and Trump will now join that group. He was the 45th president and will be, in 2025, the 47th. But only one other incumbent did it in the same way as Trump, with a gap between terms: Grover Cleveland, who was the country’s 22nd president, after the elections of 1884, and the 24th, after the elections of 1892.

He was subjected to a mandate challenge process (twice)

Trump is now the only president in US history to face impeachment proceedings twice while in office. In both cases, the Senate acquitted him of all charges.