1.Just a one-night nightmare ?

From Japan to Madrid: half of the world woke up this morning with shocking news in their computers and TV screens: Trump will become next US president. For many, it was like a nightmare come true. The Republican candidate is unpopular among young Europeans. However, there may be some positive implications for China, Rusia and Israel. Far-right, nationalist European leaders also cheered up Trump’s victory. As reported today in the NY Times.

2. Deaf ears

"Crazy, but he's a winner, and I'm tired of America losing."; "Crazy, but he can't be worse than what we got.”; "Crazy, but he says what I can't say." Is it possible that many of us did not want to hear what Americans were saying about Donald Trump? As reported today in The Atlantic website.

3. Business is business

Over a 1,000 CEO’s of important US companies (including Boeing, Coca Cola and Caterpillar)  have written an open letter to Trump expressing their concern about his threats to free trade, but see opportunities in tax cuts. The letter warns of “an urgent need to restore faith in our vital economic and government institutions” after the election. US businesses were generally not supporters of Mr Trump. Only 17 per cent of trade associations thought his presidency would be best for their members, compared with 39 per cent favouring Hillary Clinton, a recent survey by the Financial Times found. In the meantime, Mexican peso collapses. As reported today in the FT.

4, Disunited States

Such an improbable victory like the one of Donald Trump yesterday shows how disunited a nation can be. Trump has benefited from the deep anti-establishment anger among American traditional voters, afraid to accept the challenges of globalization, but promises “that it’s time to come together”. Despite his lack of experience, racist and sexist behaviour, a majority voted for him.  Welcome to the era of ‘anything goes’. As reported today in British newspaper The Guardian

5. A challenge to Western Democracy

If the candidate and the president keep being the same persona, the Western world should be worried. Mr Trump’s campaign appealed to nativism, isolationism and protectionism. He railed against immigrants and castigated allies in Europe and Asia, challenging the Liberal system the west has tried to build up since the Second WW, says a pessimistic OP-ED run today by the Financial Times.

6.Populism is over the ocean ... no more

Half of the world is still dazed: Donald Trump, a populist, xenophobic and anti-system politician, has been elected president of the first world power, the USA. How? Thanks to the vote of unhappy American whites, who are fed up with the establishment and fear the new demographic challenges, and the inability of the Democrats to attract the minorities vote, including Latinos. The alternation between Democrats and Republican in the White House always meant a change in the country vision, but never before a change in its fundamental values. The new wave of Populism (Brexit, Poland, Austria) has reached the USA. As reported in Spanish leading paper, El País.

7.Latinos didn’t shout enough

Despite what the polls were saying, the surge of Latino and women votes was not enough to stop Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton is not popular, and that’s the price to pay. Florida was the biggest disappointment. The expectations that the Puerto Ricans, Cubans would vote massively for her failed. As reported in Spanish newspaper El Mundo.

8.Germany is not happy

According to Chancellor Angela Merkel, the USA is Germany’s main t economic partner and Washington has a key role in Europe as counterpart of Asia and Rusia. But with Trump everything is unpredictable, and she is worried, and so is 77% of Germany population, according to recent polls. Trump has also criticized how Merkel has managed the crisis of Syrian refugees. Definitely, Germany is not happy. As reported in La Vanguardia, main newspaper of Barcelona.