"Just 1 Golf Match With MS Dhoni And..": Donald Trump's US Election Win Sees 'Thala For A Reason' Meme Fest

Using the popular 'Thala for a reason' catchphrase, several Indian cricket fans shared images and videos of MS Dhoni playing golf with Trump.

Millions of Americans on Wednesday celebrated Donald Trump's remarkable return to the White House - the 78-year-old defied pre-poll predictions to become the first Republican in 20 years to win the popular vote en route to the presidency.

Far from Republican festivities as Donald Trump claimed US election victory, residents of a sleepy Indian village celebrated that their descendant would be the next "Second Lady", hoping to benefit from her success.

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani in a post on X congratulated Donald Trump for winning the race to the White House for a second time, calling the new US President an "embodiment of unbreakable tenacity".

More than a decade ago, a journalist called Kamala Harris "female Obama". However, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants failed to match the achievement of first African-American president Barack Obama.

At just 40 years old, JD Vance has become the third-youngest Vice-President in American history and the first millennial to ever appear on a major party's presidential ticket.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday congratulated US presidential election winner Donald Trump and urged continued close trans-Atlantic ties, telling him in English: "We're better off together".

Donald Trump on Wednesday won the US presidential election over Kamala Harris, and world leaders were swift in congratulating the Republican.

For the second time in eight years, a woman has won the Democratic nomination for US president, only to come up short in a campaign where gender was a central issue.

Moments into his victory speech on Tuesday, Trump lauded his running mate JD Vance and his Indian-American wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance.