Donald Trump praised the American people for choosing him as president while surrounded by his family and campaign staff.

When Trump spoke at his campaign's watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida, he was met with roaring applause.

"To be honest, I believe that this was the largest political movement in history, and it was unlike any other movement that anyone had ever witnessed. "There has never been anything like this in this country, and maybe even outside of it," Trump said.

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"And now it's going to reach a new level of importance, because we're going to help our country. We'll help our country … we have a country that needs help, and it needs help very badly. We're going to fix our borders. We're going to fix everything about our country. And we made history for a reason tonight, and the reason is going to be just that we overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible, and it is now clear that we've achieved the most incredible political thing."

"We're going to help our country heal," he added.

Before thanking his family, he also said, "We have taken back control of the Senate."