Oh God, it’s happened. Donald Trump is America’s President-elect by 276 seats to Clinton’s 218. It’s happened.
World leaders from Russia, Egypt, China, India and Spain have been swift to congratulate Trump on his victory, although their national press don’t all echo this sentiment. The Catalan newspaper El Periodicocarries a front page that translates as “God Forgive America”.
Time magazine reported that Canada’s immigration and citizenship website crashed overnight, as people tried to find out how to leave a country led by Trump. The one tiny plus point on the horizon was people remembering that Katie Hopkins had pledged to move to America if Trump won, so all fingers duly crossed there.
So, here is a quick round-up of reactions to the election result, which sees the Republicans now holding the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives. We’re all going to need a lot more coffee.
You suck, 2016
Basically, can we have a do over, because this year has been awful.
Ok, don’t panic… If we hold the North and South Pole down simultaneously for eight seconds, it’ll automatically restore to factory settings.
— Neil (@_Enanem_) November 9, 2016
Have you tried turning 2016 off and back on again?
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) November 9, 2016
maybe if we put 2016 in rice?
— JamieDMJ (@JamieDMJ) November 9, 2016
A win for racism and sexism
Democrat voters and onlookers around the world were horrified by a result that many saw as endorsing racism and sexism – Cracked.com have an excellent explainer on how America went Trump in the first place – which has not been calmed by reports of unpleasant reactions in the field. So that’s completely cheering.
Someone in the crowd just shouted ‘Kill Obama’ as Trump was accepting victory. #electionnight
— Laurie Penny (@PennyRed) November 9, 2016
I’m just going to leave this quote right here from the KKK. pic.twitter.com/autFOy0vwx
— Ashley Lynch (@ashleylynch) November 9, 2016
I’m building a wall over my pussy
— Morgan Murphy (@morgan_murphy) November 9, 2016
2016 has been such a dark year, I fear the next few years will be darker still. #Trump#USElection2016#ElectionNight
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) November 9, 2016
You just elected a vindictive racist, America. And he gets the most advanced and unaccountable intelligence apparatus in the world. Great.
— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) November 9, 2016
An even worse version than Brexit
Having been understandably patronised by American commentators in the wake of Britain’s decision to Brexit, British tweeters took typically grim non-joy (noy?) in reflecting on this. And to think, yesterday the worst thing we had to worry about was Toblerone changing its shape.
The upside of course is that the UK is no longer the biggest laughing stock in the world #Trumpageddon
— Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) November 9, 2016
BRITAIN: Brexit was the stupidest, most self-destructive act a country could undertake…
USA: Hold my beer, watch this #USElection2016
— The Empire Media (@Empiremedia_NZ) November 9, 2016
Blutterbunged is the only way to describe this feeling
Thank you, Countdown‘s Susie Dent.
Blutterbunged: a useful old dialect word for being overcome by surprise and utterly confounded.
— Susie Dent (@susie_dent) November 9, 2016
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