The oldest POTUS in history

The experts said it would take days to determine the winner of the 2024 US presidential election, but as of midnight Eastern Time on November 5, 2024, it was clear that Donald J. Trump would take office as the 47th President of the United States on January 20 states would compete. 2025.

IMAGE: Trump takes the stage to address his supporters at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters

BILD: At 78, Trump is the oldest man ever elected president. Photo: Carlos Barria/Reuters

IMAGE: During Trump's first term, his wife Melania lived largely in their apartment in Trump Tower in New York City because their son Barron was studying at Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School in NYC. Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters

IMAGE: Barron, who turns 19 two months after his father's swearing-in, is 6 feet 2 inches tall and will study at NYU or New York University. Photo: Callaghan O'Hare/Reuters

BILD: Trump and Melania have a hot but also cold relationship.
Remember how she slapped his hand away when they toured Saudi Arabia during his first term?
She largely stayed away from the 2024 election campaign, making her presence felt only at key moments, such as after the first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters

IMAGE: Trump, Melania and Barron on stage. Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters

IMAGE: Trump speaks flanked by Melania, Barron, his vice presidential running mate from Ohio, Senator JD Vance, his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance and Ivanka Trump, who was absent from her father's campaign. Photo: Carlos Barria/Reuters

IMAGE: Trump's second son Eric Trump, Trump's senior adviser Susie Wiles and his campaign manager Chris LaCivita. Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters

IMAGE: Trump shakes Susie Wiles' hand. Photo: Carlos Barria/Reuters

IMAGE: Vance speaks to supporters at the rally as Trump and Melania look on. Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters

IMAGE: Trump with Melania, Barron and Vance. Photo: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

IMAGE: Vance and Trump welcome the first results of the 2024 US presidential election. Photo: Carlos Barria/Reuters

IMAGE: Vance with wife Usha Chilukuri Vance.
The Number One Observatory Circle, where the US Vice President lives, will continue to have an Indian on the premises after Kamala Devi Harris leaves Usha Vance in January.Photo: Carlos Barria/Reuters

Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/ Rediff.com
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