Analysis: Congress certified Trump's victory — now he will have to govern, CNN correspondent says

 Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election win on Monday — a smooth process that looked much different from the chaos four years ago when rioters stormed the US Capitol. Now, Trump and Republicans will move on to how they will govern the country, CNN chief national correspondent John King said.

“Americans, no matter how you voted, we should celebrate that this January 6th looks nothing like the horrendous day four years ago, and now we move on to governing,” King said.

In addition to Trump in the White House, Republicans also control both chambers of Congress — but by very slim margins.

“You have a unified Republican Party. In part because they’re afraid of Trump, in part because many support Trump. The people who didn’t support Trump are mostly gone,” King said.

Trump has already made many promises of what he will do after he is inaugurated on January 20, including closing the US-Mexico border, enacting a slate of tariffs and pardoning people convicted of crimes related to the January 6, 2021, insurrection.

In addition to working out how to help Trump enact his agenda, the Senate is also charged with confirming his Cabinet picks.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will also look to make some last decisions in their final weeks in office, King said. Biden is going to try to use the time to shape his legacy and Harris, who presided over the certification of her own loss on Monday, will contemplate her political future, he said.