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People vote on November 2, 2020 in Los Angeles, California on the last day of early voting for the 2020 US Elections. PHOTO | FREDERIC J. BROWN | AFP

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By  AFP

Washington,

“Beautiful” is how US political outsider Donald Trump described his shock presidential win against rival Hillary Clinton on the night of November 8, 2016. The details were less clear-cut.

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