Triumph also in Arizona and who Trump is leaving out of his government team

Four days after Presidential election in the USA is the victory of Donald Trump also in Arizona firmly. The Republican also opposed it in the southwestern state Kamala Harris (Democrats) and got the eleven electors allocated there. He won all seven particularly hotly contested US states.

Trump had previously let it be known on Saturday that his former confidants Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley will not be part of the future government.

The television channels CNN and NBC, among others, reported on Trump’s success in Arizona on Saturday evening (local time). Seven states were considered decisive in this year’s presidential election: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona. Four years ago, the then Democratic candidate Joe Biden won these states with the exception of North Carolina.

majority of votes

Conquering all swing states is another component of Trump’s electoral success across the board. According to the available figures, the 78-year-old is likely to win the majority of votes cast nationwide (popular vote), something that a Republican candidate has not achieved since 2004. Trump did better in his comeback than in his 2016 election victory against Hillary Clinton, when he attracted fewer voters and Clinton won the majority of votes cast nationwide.

His Republican Party also won the majority in the Senate in the congressional elections that took place at the same time and has a good chance of defending its majority in the House of Representatives. With both chambers of Congress on his side and a conservative-dominated Supreme Court behind him, Trump would have a level of power like few US presidents before him.

Pompeo and Haley not in government

The two top Republican politicians Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley However, they will not be part of the future government. Trump announced this on his Truth Social platform. Trump is expected to announce further personnel decisions in the coming days. On Friday he had his previous campaign manager Susan Wiles appointed chief of staff in the White House.

Wiles is the first woman to hold this important position. Trump recently picked up the pace when it came to putting together his government team. “I will not be inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join the Trump administration, which is currently being formed,” he said on Truth Social. He continued: “I have enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously and would like to thank them for their service to our country.” During the election campaign, Trump spoke of the “best minds” in the country that he wanted to bring to his side for his second term in office.

Haley: First opposition candidate, then support

Pompeo and Haley were key employees of Trump’s administration during his first term in office from 2017 to 2021. The 60-year-old held the office of Foreign Minister from the end of April 2018. The 52-year-old was appointed US ambassador to the United Nations by Trump in 2017. In the race for the Republican nomination, she then challenged her former boss, which he didn’t like at all. She was initially considered the most promising opponent, but after her withdrawal she expressed her support for Trump.

Pompeo had been considered for the post of defense secretary. Last summer, the former CIA chief presented a plan for military support for Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression. Among other things, this provided for more arms exports and tough measures against the Russian energy sector. Pompeo’s ideas were in clear contrast to Trump’s statements during the election campaign, who had repeatedly expressed criticism of arms deliveries to Ukraine.

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the current US government under Democratic President Joe Biden wants to deliver more than 500 interceptor missiles to Ukraine in the coming weeks. Citing an unnamed insider, the newspaper writes that the delivery is intended to cover Ukraine’s needs for air defense systems for the rest of the year.