Trump’s win sent shockwaves around the world and today’s papers are dominated with news of the one of the biggest political upsets in modern history. Here’s what the papers are saying about Trump’s triumph:
The Times describes Trump’s electoral triumph as heralding the start of ‘The New World’. It says that the president elect’s own words yesterday, that he wasn’t the head of a campaign ‘but rather an incredible and great movement’ is perhaps the best way of explaining why he won. The paper says that politics will ’never be the same again’; but whereas some panicky commentators insist that means bad news, the Times strikes a more upbeat tone in its editorial. It says ‘Britain in many ways is well positioned from his victory’, saying that he has a greater ‘affinity with and affection for these islands than Mr Obama’. The Times also points out Trump’s remarks about Britain being at the front of the queue for trade talks.
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