Defiant Cara Delevingne urges ‘this is not the time to shrink’ as she joins Paloma Faith and ‘heartbroken’ Dawn O’Porter in leading shock in the UK as Trump declares early victory

Cara Delevingne, Paloma Faith and Dawn O’Porter are among Britain’s liberal stars sharing their dismay that Donald Trump is about to be elected president.

As the country woke up to the news that Trump had won most of the major swing states and declared an early victory, stars shared their shock online.

Supermodel Cara, who has a home in Los Angeles, sent a defiant “message to her friends” urging them that now is “not the time to downsize.”

The British resident promised “four years of hell” and encouraged her followers to embrace “classic Disney villainy” to drive Republicans from power.

Her message read: “A message to my friends: ‘Trump will win the White House. The GOP controls the Senate. This is disheartening, yes, but also liberating. We can make every day a hell for fascists, misogynists, bigots and liars for the next four years.

‘This is not the time to shrink. Not the time to despair either. This is the time for that classic Disney, larger than life, slightly gay, impossibly well dressed, incredibly cool villainy. That punk rock, black parade guerrilla s***. This is our era of villainy.

‘Make art. Damn. Build strength. They are about to learn that the hardest part about gaining power is keeping it.”

Dawn, who has lived in the US for 16 years, shared a red-covered map of the United States and wrote: “I feel like I’m going to cry for the rest of my life.”

Below, she added: “This breaks my heart. After all that, still this.”

After hearing the news, Paloma Faith said the country would say goodbye to “women’s rights, liberalism and freedom of expression,” adding: “Hello racism, hello capitalism, hello climate change, hello war, hello end of days.”

She compared the news to waiting for a sexual health test the day before, saying: “Today it feels like the whole country is waiting for an STD result.”

This morning she added another message, saying: ‘Unfortunately the results were positive.’

Activist Livia Firth also shared her anguish on social media, expressing her despair by writing: “What is a word greater than heartache?”

She said: ‘Affliction fear bitterness despair sorrow heartache pain remorse sorrow suffering agony woe. Strong matches. tribulation bale care desolation distress heartache regret rue torture.’

While some were disappointed by the news, other celebrities shared their support for Trump and celebrated him as he cruised to victory.

During the night, Victoria Baker-Harber shared a selfie of herself in bed, drinking wine, with the words “world peace may be one step closer” and photos of Trump.

Hours later, the former Made In Chelsea star shared a news headline reading ‘Donald Trump becomes president again’, and ‘yay!’.

Former TOWIE star Suzie Wells also seemingly celebrated Trump, as she shared a video of a supporter celebrating the victory with the words: ‘We’re sooooo back!!!!’

Former President Trump took the stage and declared victory in the early hours of Wednesday morning, sealing an extraordinary political comeback.

Minutes earlier, news organizations called the 2024 presidential race for him.

“We made history tonight for a reason, and the reason is that we overcame obstacles that no one thought possible,” he said.

“And it is now clear that we have achieved the most incredible political result.”

The moment of truth came earlier when Fox News called Pennsylvania the biggest of the battleground prizes, followed by Wisconsin and then the entire race in his favor.

The Associated Press still had not called an election for Trump, but he still claimed victory on stage.

It meant that Trump had won three of the most important states, making victory inevitable.

“It’s real,” shouted a young supporter who ran forward as if it were a mosh pit, high-fiving friends and strangers.

Trump was joined on stage by family – including daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner who were absent from the campaign – aides and political supporters.

He thanked his supporters and promised a golden age for the nation.

Inviting his running mate to the microphone, Senator JD Vance said the result marked a remarkable turnaround in political fortunes.

“I thank you for the trust you placed in me,” he said, “and I believe we have just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the United States of America.”

Four years ago, Trump was a defeated man. Within months, he left Washington DC under a cloud after his supporters ransacked the US Capitol.

The Allies abandoned him and he headed for exile in Mar-a-Lago.

On Tuesday night, he was surrounded by supporters, friends and family at his Florida home as he regained his crown.

He led them to the stage at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, where he delivered his victory speech to hundreds of other supporters who had waited hours to see him.

“Above all, I want to thank the millions of hardworking Americans across the country who have always been the heart and soul of this truly great movement,” he said.

“We’ve been through so much together, and today you showed up in record numbers to achieve a victory like truly… probably… like no other. This was something special.’

The first major call was broadcast into the room at 11:25 p.m., when North Carolina went to Trump.

The crowd’s energy quickly went from nervously excited to joy mixed with relief.