Africa: Panel Weighs in On Trump's Election Victory and What It Means for America, SA, Africa and the World

6 November 2024
Daily Maverick (Johannesburg)
By Ethan Van Diemen

In a Daily Maverick webinar about the US 2024 election, a panel of experts examined what happened, why it happened and what it might mean for the US, South Africa and the world.

The results are in. Former US president Donald Trump has claimed victory after a resounding electoral victory over incumbent Vice-President Kamala Harris, marking a historic return to the White House.

Trump is only the second US president to serve non-consecutive terms and at 78 years old will be the oldest person and first convicted felon elected to the high office.

Among other undesirable distinctions, he will also be the first twice-impeached president to return to the White House after he comfortably reached the 270 electoral college votes needed to secure the presidency.

In a Daily Maverick live journalism webinar on Wednesday moderated by J Brooks Spector, associate editor at Daily Maverick, experts shared their views on the election.

Spector asked the panel four simple questions:

  • What happened?
  • Why did it happen the way that it did?
  • What does this mean for the US?
  • What does it mean for Africa, South Africa and the world writ large?

David Smith - The Guardian's Washington, DC, bureau chief - answered first by describing the room in the election watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida, where chatter turned into celebration as the night progressed....

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