The historic moment is finally here โ Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States and, just as significantly, Donald Trump will not.
Kamala Harris will be the first Black, Asian American and female vice-president of the US. Hereโs the moment she found out.
Australian politicians and celebrities, and people on social media across the world reacted to the news with congratulatory messages and GIFs of excitement.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he looked forward to โforging a great partnershipโ with Biden.
โI join with other nationsโ leaders around the world in congratulating President-elect Biden and Dr Jill Biden together with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her partner Douglas Hough for their election at this recent US election,โ Morison told media on Sunday morning.
โThis is a profound time, not just for the United States, but for our partnership and the world more broadly. And I look forward to forging a great partnership in the spirit of the relationships that have always existed between Prime Ministers of Australia and Presidents of the United States.โ
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese congratulated Biden and Harris โon an extraordinary victoryโ while speaking to press on Sunday morning.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shared a photo of Biden in Auckland in 2016:
More Australian celebrities including โMasterChef Australiaโ judge Melissa Leong and โHome and Awayโ actor James Stewart reacted on social media:
Meanwhile hereโs the moment Harris found out she will be the first Black, Asian American and female vice-president of the US.
Social media erupted as CNN called it after four agonising days of waiting. Anchor Van Jones was moved to tears live on air.
This is the best reaction yet.
As social media celebrates, these are some of the other brilliant reactions weโve seen โ from across the pond, to closer to home.
Many reported American cities erupted into celebration including HuffPost UKโs Graeme Demianyk in New York City.
Over on Sky News UK, the banner flashed as Trumpโs shamed attorney Rudy Guiliani made a speech.
Joe Biden, president-elect of the United States, was among the first to tweet, of course.
His granddaughter Naomi tweeted this.
And hereโs what the vice-president elect Kamala Harris had to say:
We just love this from Harrisโs husband Doug Emhoff, who is set to be the USโs first โsecond gentlemanโ.
And this tweet is truly moving.
As is this.
And this.
Trump, of course, was still in denial.
Other politicians who have made history in 2020 election, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, aka AOC, shared their congratulations.
There were many tear-jerking tweets as history was made.
From US politicians old and new.
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