Victorious Trump Vows To Seek Common Ground

Political observers have been asking for months if or when the Republican nominee for the White House might soften his boastful tone into a more centrist message with wider appeal. Now that his campaign has ended with his surprise win, US President-elect Donald Trump may finally be making that long-awaited pivot.

In a victory speech delivered early Wednesday after Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton conceded, Mr. Trump struck a particularly gracious note and called for Americans to “bind the wounds of division” in a new era of unity and global cooperation, perhaps signaling an end to the divisive and incendiary rhetoric that came to characterize his outsider candidacy.

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