Dawn O’Porter, Paloma Faith and Livia Firth are among the liberal stars in the UK sharing their dismay as Donald Trump looks set to be elected as President.As the country awoke to the news that Trump had won most of the major swing states and had already declared an early victory, stars shared their shock online.Sharing a red-covered map of the United States, Dawn, who lived in the U.S. for 16 years, wrote: ‘Feel like I’m going to cry for the rest of my life.’Underneath, she added: ‘This is breaking my heart. After all that, still this.’After hearing the news, Paloma Faith said the country would be saying goodbye to ‘women’s rights, liberalism and freedom of speech’, adding: ‘Hello racism, hello capitalism, hello climate change, hello war, hello end of days.Comparing the news to waiting for a sexual health screening test the day before, she said: ‘Today feels like the whole country is waiting for an STD result.’This morning she added another post, which read: ‘Sadly the results came back positive.’ Also sharing her anguish on social media was activist Livia Firth, who made her despair known as she wrote: ‘What is a word bigger than heartache?’ Dawn O’Porter (pictured) and Livia Firth are among the liberal stars in the UK sharing their dismay this morning as Donald Trump looks set to be declared President Sharing a red-covered map of the United States, Dawn, who lived in the U.S. for 16 years, wrote: ‘Feel like I’m going to cry for the rest of my life’She said: ‘Agony anguish bitterness despair grief heartache pain remorse sorrow suffering torment woe. Strong matches. affliction bale care desolation distress heartsickness regret rue torture.’While some were disappointed by the news, other celebs shared their support for Trump and celebrated him steaming towards victory. During the night, Victoria Baker-Harber shared a selfie of herself in bed sipping wine with the words ‘world peace may just be one step closer’ and pictures of Trump.Hours later the former Made In Chelsea star shared a news headline that read ‘Donald Trump will be president again’, and ‘yay!’.Former TOWIE star Suzie Wells was also seemingly celebrating Trump, as she shared a video of supporter celebrating the win with the words: ‘We’re sooooo back!!!!’Former President Trump took the stage and declared victory in the early hours of Wednesday morning, cementing an extraordinary political comeback.Minutes earlier news organizations called the 2024 presidential race for him.’We made history for a reason tonight, and the reason is that we overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible,’ he said. After hearing the news, Paloma Faith said the country would be saying goodbye to ‘women’s rights, liberalism and freedom of speech’ She added: ‘Hello racism, hello capitalism, hello climate change, hello war, hello end of days’ Comparing the news to waiting for a sexual health screening test the day before, she said: ‘Today feels like the whole country is waiting for an STD result’ As the country awoke to the news that Trump had won most of the major swing states and had already declared an early victory, stars shared their shock online Also sharing her anguish on social media was activist Livia Firth, who made her despair known as she wrote: ‘What is a word bigger than heartache?’ While some were disappointed by the news, other celebs shared their support for Trump and celebrated him steaming towards victory Former TOWIE star Suzie Wells was also seemingly celebrating Trump, as she shared a video of supporter celebrating the win with the words: ‘We’re sooooo back!!!!”And it is now clear that we’ve achieved the most incredible political thing.’The moment of truth came earlier when Fox News called Pennsylvania, the biggest of the battleground prizes, followed by Wisconsin and then the entire race in his favor.The Associated Press had still not called the election for Trump, but he claimed victory onstage nonetheless.It meant Trump had won three of the key states, making victory inevitable.’It’s real,’ screamed one young supporter who raced to the front of the crowd as if it were a mosh pit, high fiving friends and strangers.Trump was joined on stage by family – including daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner who had been absent from the campaign – aides and political supporters.He thanked his supporters and promised a golden age for the nation.When he invited is running mate to the microphone, Sen. J.D. Vance said the result marked a remarkable turnaround in political fortunes.’I thank you for the trust that you placed in me,’ he said, ‘and I think that we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the United States of America.’Four years ago, Trump was a defeated man. Within months he had left Washington D.C. under a cloud after his supporters ransacked the U.S. Capitol.Allies deserted him and he headed for exile at Mar-a-Lago.On Tuesday night, he was surrounded by supporters, friends and family at his Florida home as he regained his crown.He led them out on stage at the Palm Beach County Convention Center where he delivered his victory speech in front of hundreds more supporters who had waited hours to see him. ‘Most of all, I want to thank the millions of hard working Americans across the nation who have always been the heart and soul of this really great movement,’ he said.’We’ve been through so much together, and today, you showed up in record numbers to deliver a victory like really … probably … like no other. This was something special.’The first big call was broadcast in the hall at 11:25pm, when North Carolina went to Trump.The crowd’s energy went quickly from nervously excited to joy mingled with relief.
‘Heartbroken’ Dawn O’Porter, Paloma Faith and Livia Firth lead shock in the UK as Trump declares early presidential victory after election night sweep
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