Donald Trump, in his first comments after polls closed, promised a golden age for America after claiming to win the U.S. presidential election early Wednesday.

He told his supporters that “we’re going to help our country heal,” as media projections from the U.S. presidential election point to a victory for the Republican candidate.

As jubilant supporters cheered and chanted “USA.,” Donald Trump took to the stage at his campaign headquarters in Florida along with his wife Melania and several of his children.

“We are going to help our country heal,” the Republican former president said.

“It’s a political victory that our country has never seen before.”

In a further blow to Democrats, Trump’s Republican Party also seized control of the Senate, flipping two seats to overturn a narrow Democratic majority.

A Trump victory threatens to cause shockwaves around the world, as U.S. allies in Europe and Asia fear a return of his nationalist policies and his praise of autocrats like Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

But the U.S. dollar surged and bitcoin hit a record high while most equity markets advanced as traders bet on a victory for Trump as the results rolled in.

Polls for weeks had shown a knife-edge race between Harris and Trump, who would be the oldest-ever president at the time of inauguration, and only the second in history to serve non-consecutive terms.