President-elect Trump will be marching to the White House as he received more than 270 votes. The vote stood at 57,233,507 votes for Trump (48.0%), 56,287,481 for Clinton (47.2%).
Addressing his supporters, Trump congratulated Democratic candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
“Just received a call from Hillary Clinton. She congratulated us - it's about us and I congratulated her & her family. Hillary has worked and we owe her a major debt for her service to this country,” said Trump.
The newly-elected President termed his presidential campaign as an incredible movement.
“Ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and great movement made up of millions of hardworking men & women,” he said.
“The forgotten men and women of his country will be forgotten no longer. I will be Presidents for all the Americans,” said Trump.
The billionaire President-elect assured growth also. “We will double our growth and have the strongest economy in the world. We will seek common ground, not hostility. We will build partnership, not conflict,” said Trump.
“America will no longer settle for anything less than the best. We must reclaim our country's destiny. Every single American will have the opportunity to realize his or her fullest potential,” said Trump.
Meanwhile, Trump said he will be friendly with those nations who are with the US. "Will deal fairly with all other nations," said Trump.