Trump takes the United States Election w/ Yale Daily News Andre Fa’aoso, Political Commentator Tom Unger, and University of Auckland’s Scott Optican: 7 November, 2024

Last night Republican Donald Trump won the United States election, sweeping battleground states and taking more than the 270 electoral college votes required to win. 

Wire Host Caeden spoke to Andre Fa’aoso from the Yale Daily News about who voted for Trump yesterday and students’ reactions to the election outcome.

They then spoke to political commentator and former political show host at Radioactive Tom Unger, who is on the ground in New Jersey, about the reaction from both campaigns and the general public to Trump’s win. 

And they spoke to Associate Professor in Law Scott Optican from the University of Auckland about the ramifications of Trump winning as a convicted felon, as well as the potential impacts of a Trump presidency in Aotearoa.