Donald Trump pledges to be president for 'all Americans' after sweeping to shock US election victory
Justin Trudeau congratulates Trump
Canada's prime minister has congratulated Donald Trump.
He says:
“On behalf of the Government of Canada, I would like to congratulate Donald J. Trump on his election as the next President of the United States.“Canada has no closer friend, partner, and ally than the United States. We look forward to working very closely with President-elect Trump, his administration, and with the United States Congress in the years ahead, including on issues such as trade, investment, and international peace and security.“The relationship between our two countries serves as a model for the world. Our shared values, deep cultural ties, and strong integrated economies will continue to provide the basis for advancing our strong and prosperous partnership.”
Cuba announces military exercises to cope with "threat"
Cuba has just announced the launch of five days of nationwide military exercises to prepare troops to confront what the government calls "a range of enemy actions."
The government did not link the exercises to Donald Trump's presidential victory.
But the announcement of maneuvers and tactical exercises across the country came nearly simultaneously with Mr Trump's surprise win.
It is the seventh time Cuba has held what it calls the Bastion Strategic Exercise, often in response to points of high tension with the United States.
The first exercise was launched in 1980 after the election of Ronald Reagan.
Mr Trump has promised to reverse President Barack Obama's reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba and the ongoing normalisation of the relationship between the two countries.
An announcement by Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces in red ink across the top of the front page of the country's main newspaper said the army, interior ministry and other forces would be conducting maneuvers and different types of tactical exercises from the 16th to the 20th of November.
It warned citizens that the exercises would include "movements of troops and war materiel, overflights and explosions in the cases where they're required."
"America's '---- off' day?"
Nick Squires in Rome writes :
Trump's victory has been hailed by Beppe Grillo, the leader of a populist movement in Italy that wants to unseat Matteo Renzi, the prime minister.
Mr Grillo compared Mr Trump's victory to an anti-establishment protest that he organised in Italy in 2007 which he dubbed "V-Day" - with the V standing for Vaffanculo, Italian for ---- off.
He subsequently founded the Five Star Movement, which polls suggest is now Italy's most popular political party.
"It's crazy. This is the explosion of an era. It's the apocalypse of the media, TV, the big newspapers, the intellectuals, the journalists," the bearded former comedian wrote on his blog.
"This is a wide-ranging ---- off. Trump has pulled off an incredible V-Day".
He said that "journalists and intellectuals" were "anchored in a world that no longer exists. We've seen the same thing with our Movement."
Barack Obama to speak
The White House has just issued a statement.
President Obama called Mr Trump to congratulate him on his victory, and then called Hillary Clinton to express his admiration for her campaign.
Obama will speak later today.
He will meet Mr Trump tomorrow to discuss the handover.
"Ensuring a smooth transition of power is one of the top priorities expressed earlier this year."
Will a Trump White House be good for Brexit? Maybe, maybe not.
Our Europe Editor Peter Foster writes:
Is a Trump White House good for Brexit? There are already several different schools of thought emerging even before the shape of a Trump administration becomes clear.
Under Barack Obama, the US was clear that its over-riding strategic imperative was preserving the cohesion of the EU (to which Brexit was a threat) and, nominally at least, achieving a deep EU-US transatlantic trade deal (TTIP).
Britain was secondary priority. Mr Trump may see things differently, opening a door for Mrs May to reinvigorate the ‘special relationship’ as a kindred spirit who ‘gets’ his new politics – even if that means some tough decisions, like ultimately dropping trade sanctions on Russia and softening global trade rhetoric.
That is the optimistic take.
Others, like Prof Alan Winters, Director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory at the University of Sussex, say the turbulence to global trade caused by putting an out-and-out mercantilist in the White House may force the UK to hit pause on Brexit.
A protectionist Trump presidency, he argues, is likely to weaken the UK’s links to its two biggest export markets after the EU – the USA and China – meaning Britain should be very cautious about doing anything that puts barriers on our existing trade relations with Europe.
“This is exactly the time when being on the inside of the largest market in the world would seem desirable,” he wrote in a blog post this morning.
“When markets number 2 and 3 are under threat, why would we want to compound the challenges by willingly reducing access to market number 1 by failing to negotiate decent access?”
In practice, if the global market’s worst fears about Mr Trump come to pass, argues Prof Winters, then Britain may have no choice but to put Brexit “on hold” while Europe “deals with an even larger disturbance to the post-war order.”
Vladimir Putin congratulates Donald Trump on victory - video
Meanwhile, a pro-Kremlin political analyst has admitted there may have been just a teeny bit of Russian interference in the election:
Margarita Simonyan, the editor of the Russian government's English-language RT television channel, is making no secret of her satisfaction with the result:
"Today I want to take a ride around Moscow with the American flag in the car window. If I can find a flag. Join me. Today they deserve it. "
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And a former US ambassador to Moscow congratulates Russian state media, amongst others, on their "victory":
In Sweden, even anti-immigrant parties "scared" by Trump
Richard Orange in Malmowrites:
Swedish President Stefan Lofven told the SVT broadcaster early on Wednesday morning that although Hillary Clinton would have been easier to work with, Sweden would take a pragmatic attitude to Donald Trump's victory.
“I would have preferred Hillary Clinton to win, for a number of reasons. But it is also the case that Sweden will strive to have good relations with the US, no matter who becomes president," he said.
The most vehement reaction came from Annie Lööv, leader of the fringe Centre Party, who told the TV4 broadcaster: "We're living in new times and populism is spreading.“I'm saddened and very worried. There's a big knot in my stomach right now."
Even the leader of Sweden's populist anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party did not welcome Trump's victory.
"That they managed to throw up to such useless candidates scares me a bit," he told Sweden's Expressen newspaper. "Who would have thought?"
Pope Francis calls on Trump to work for "well-being and peace of the world"
Nick Squires in Romewrites:
The Vatican has congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US elections.
"We note with respect the will of the American people," said Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, in a statement.
The Holy See said it sends prayers to the president-elect, saying that it hopes he will work for the "well-being and peace of the world".
The Vatican clashed with Mr Trump during the election campaign after Pope Francis suggested that the Republican candidate was "not a Christian" because of his plan to build a border wall between the US and Mexico.
The Pope said in February that: "A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian."
The remarks infuriated Mr Trump, who called them "disgraceful".
"For a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful," he said.
"They should be ashamed of themselves."
The Vatican on Wednesday said it would wait to see whether Mr Trump fulfilled his promises to build the Mexico border wall. "It's one thing to be a candidate, but another to be president," said Cardinal Parolin. "On specific issues, we will see what his choices will be."
Spanish left predicts American "resistance" to president Trump
James Badcock reports from Madrid:
Spain’s conservative prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, was quick to congratulate Trump, tweeting just after 9am local time: “My congratulations to Donald Trump on his victory. We will continue to work to strengthen the relationship that binds us with the US, an indispensable partner”.
In a fuller statement, Mr Rajoy added: “The citizens have made their voices heard, demonstrating once again the vitality of US democracy.”
From the left side of Spanish politics, Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias predicted that a portion of the American people would provide “resistance” to Trump’s policies, while also remembering Bernie Sanders, the Democratic candidate he claims would have fared better against the magnate.
“Today we are all thinking about Bernie Sanders. Everyone agrees that the candidate who was called a radical would have been able to defeat Trump”
What's in Donald Trump's in tray?
Donald Trump faces a bulging in-tray of domestic policy challenges including healthcare, immigration, gun control and terrorism, write Rob Crilly and Nick Allen:
Supreme Court
This could end up having the most impact on America's domestic direction for a generation. When Justice Anthonin Scalia, a conservative judge, died in February, he vacated a seat on the Supreme Court, leaving a 4-4 split between liberals and conservatives. With two other judges in their 80s the new president may shape the court in their own in image for decades to come when they nominate replacements. The nomination decisions will set the tone for interpretations of the Constitution on issues like gun control, abortion, and freedom of speech.
Healthcare
Obamacare has driven up premiums and out-of-pocket expenses for patients as insurers try to claw back the higher expense of covering customers with pre-existing conditions. There are still millions of people with no cover at all. During the campaign Bill Clinton called the system "the craziest thing in the world". The new president will face pressure from Republicans to get rid of the whole thing, and from Democrats to fix it and bring down premiums.
Immigration
An estimated 11 million illegal immigrants are in the US and the new president will face the question of whether to deport some of them or offer a path to citizenship. They will also have to address America's position on Syrian refugees with the country divided over accepting more, or none at all.
Racial Tensions
During the run-up to the election the country was convulsed by a series of police shootings of young black men. The new president will have to address criminal justice reform and whether institutional racism exists in police forces.
Gun control
President Barack Obama said his failure to force through tougher gun control in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre was his “biggest frustration”. The result is more that 13,000 people were killed in gun violence last year. The new incumbent will have to decide between the interests of the powerful National Rifle Association, and those who want measures like banning people with a history of domestic abuse or mental illness from buying weapons.
Iran's Rouhani: Trump cannot reverse nuclear deal
Hassan Rouhani, the president of Iran, has said there was "no possibility" of its nuclear deal with world powers being overturned by US president-elect Donald Trump despite his threat to rip it up.
"Iran's understanding in the nuclear deal was that the accord was not concluded with one country or government but was approved by a resolution of the UN Security Council and there is no possibility that it can be changed by a single government," Mr Rouhani told his cabinet, according to state television.
Last year's accord with world powers saw international sanctions on Iran lifted in exchange for guarantees that it would not pursue a nuclear weapons capability.
During the election campaign, Mr Trump described the deal as "disastrous" and said it would be his "number one priority" to dismantle it.
President Putin celebrates a Donald Trump win - what does it mean for Russia?
Roland Oliphant reports:
One candidate questioned US commitment to Nato. One candidate spoke about doing a deal with Russia. One candidate called Vladimir Putin a better leader than Barack Obama.
Some Russian policy makers and diplomats will certainly hope so.
Throughout the election season, a range of Russian conservatives - ranging from extreme nationalist demagogues to fairly senior diplomats - have told the Telegraph, apparently seriously, that Hillary Clinton in the White House could mean World War Three.
The rationale was that Mrs Clinton was unable to accept the reality of American decline. In attempting to avert it, she would lash out - probably at Russia.
Mr Trump, on the other hand, understood the era of American dominance is over for good, and would manage a peaceful retreat from the world stage.
It goes without saying, in this narrative, that part of that retreat will involve a convivial arrangement in which the US and Russia no longer tread on one another’s toes.
Translated, that would likely mean granting long term Russian foreign policy goals like agreeing on privileged spheres of influence and possibly a recalibration - perhaps disbandment - of Nato.
How Hillary Clinton's campaign lost her the keys to the White House
Ruth Sherlock and Nick Allen have been looking at what went wrong for Hillary:
When she lost the Democratic presidential nomination to Barack Obama in 2008 Hillary Clinton hoped the path for a woman to reach the White House would be "a little easier next time". In fact, it would prove to be much more brutal.
She began the 2016 race as the favourite and by far the most experienced candidate. But no amount of meticulous planning could have prepared her for what turned into perhaps the most turbulent campaign in US political history.
Mrs Clinton became the target of not one, but two, populist candidates both trying to destroy her. She stood at the middle of a perfect storm as Bernie Sanders attacked from the left, and Donald Trump from the right.
On top of that she was dogged by a scandal that never seemed to end, her use of a private email server while she was US Secretary of State.
With Mr Sanders and Mr Trump whipping their supporters into a frenzy she was parodied on US comedy shows for a lack of charisma.
Her slogans "I'm with her" and "stronger together" failed to resonate like Mr Trump's "Make America Great Again" or Mr Sanders' "Feel the Bern".
There were conspiracy theories that she was hiding a serious illness, her husband's infidelity was raked over again, and she was derided as a liar and a crook.
But through all the ugliness Mrs Clinton never lost her cool.
She treated the epic election campaign as one long job interview, relentlessly laying out her 30-year political CV and avoiding a descent into the gutter.
Ultimately, it was not enough to turn the wave of anti-establishment sentiment.
Concern in Central Europe over commitment to Nato and admiration for Putin
Matthew Day in Warsaw reports:
A lot of politicians in Central Europe have aired concerns over Trump's commitment to Nato and his apparent admiration for Vladimir Putin.
But some have welcomed his election.
Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister who had backed Trump during the campaign, wrote on Facebook: "Congratulations! Very good news. We still live in a democracy."
Antoni Maczerewicz, the Polish defence minister and a fierce critic of Russia, said he expected an improvement in the already good Polish-US relationship. He added that Mr Trump had stressed Poland was a close ally of the United States and "that the US never abandons its allies.
Jiri Ovcacek, spokesman for Milos Zeman, the Czech president, said "normal Americans have shown you can beat the lying media conglomerates".
France warns Trump he cannot reverse climate deals
Ségolène Royal, France's environment minister, has warned Donald Trump that he cannot reverse the historic Paris climate deal to limit global warming reached last year, writes Henry Samuel, our Paris correspondent.
Ms Royal said that with 103 countries accounting for 70 per cent of emissions having ratified the COP21, "he cannot, contrary to what he has said, denounce the Paris accord".
The threshold for the Paris agreement came into force was reached on November 4, when more than 55 countries contributing to at least 55 per cent of total global emissions had ratified the deal.
As a result, a new American president has to wait four years to withdraw from the agreement. During his campaign, Mr Trump pledged to "cancel" the groundbreaking deal.
He called it "bad for US business" and said the pact allows "foreign bureaucrats control over how much energy we use". Under the deal, countries set emission limits themselves, not an outside panel. Mr Trump has called climate change "a hoax" devised by the Chinese government.
EU chiefs invite Trump to Europe for summit
European Council president Donald Tusk and his European Commission counterpart, Jean-Claude Juncker, invited Mr Trump to visit Europe for a summit meeting with the EU.
They offered their "sincere congratulations" to the new US president-elect and stressed it was "more important than ever" to work together to tackle problems including Islamic State, also known as Daesh.
The two leaders said: "The strategic partnership between the European Union and the United States is rooted in our shared values of freedom, human rights, democracy and a belief in the market economy. Over the years, the European Union and the United States have worked together to ensure peace and prosperity for our citizens and for people around the world.
"Today, it is more important than ever to strengthen transatlantic relations. Only by co-operating closely can the EU and the US continue to make a difference when dealing with unprecedented challenges such as Daesh, the threats to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, climate change and migration."
Russian officials cautious about Trump's promise of a new relationship with Moscow
More reaction from Russia, where the election result is dominating the news agenda.
Leonid Slutsky, the head of the State Duma's foreign affairs committee, has poured some cold water on the idea that President Trump will be Russia's new best friend.
"There are plenty of examples of campaign rhetoric of a winning candidate changing for the more destructive in relation to Russia," he told reporters in Moscow.
Others are openly optimistic. Sergei Glazyev, an advisor to Vladimir Putin, has told Russian media that he would not "rule out" Mr Trump cancelling US sanctions against Russia.
Israel's far-Right see Trump as green light to annex West Bank
Middle East correspondent Raf Sanchezwrites:
Here's an early reaction from Naftali Bennett, a far-Right minister in the Israeli government.
Mr Bennett, a champion of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, declared that "the era of a Palestinian state is over".
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rump victory: "The era of a Palestinian state is over."
Israeli Minister @naftalibennett: "Trump's victory is an opportunity for Israel to immediately retract the notion of a Palestinian state."
He may be right. While Mr Trump said early in his campaign that he hoped to broker a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians he has since walked that back and said he would not interfere with Israeli policy.
Politicians like Mr Bennett may take that as a green light to annex the West Bank and end any hope of a "two state solution".
Mick Jagger wonders if he'll get to play at the inauguration
Chris Graham reports:
The Rolling Stones have often complained about Donald Trump playing "You Can't Always Get What You Want" at his rallies.
Yet it was that song again that boomed around the room moments after the Republican president-elect finished his victory speech.
Reacting on Twitter, Mick Jagger wondered if he'd be asked to perform at Mr Trump's inauguration.
"Just was watching the news... maybe they'll ask me to sing 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' at the inauguration, ha!" he tweeted.
Theresa May congratulates Trump
Prime Minister Theresa May has issued this statement:
“I would like to congratulate Donald Trump on being elected the next President of the United States, following a hard-fought campaign.
“Britain and the United States have an enduring and special relationship based on the values of freedom, democracy and enterprise.
“We are, and will remain, strong and close partners on trade, security and defence.
“I look forward to working with President-elect Donald Trump, building on these ties to ensure the security and prosperity of our nations in the years ahead.”
Concerns in Germany over future of Nato
Justin Huggler, in Berlin, reports:
The German defence minister, Ursula von der Leyen, declared the news of Donald Trump's a "big shock" and said it raised questions over the future of Nato.
Von der Leyen said on German public television that while many questions remain open, "We Europeans obviously know that as partners in the Nato, Donald Trump will naturally ask what 'are you achieving for the alliance,' but we will also ask 'what's your stand toward the alliance.'"
She said that behind the scenes the German government would try to make contacts on the working level to find out who are the new contact persons.
The justice minister, Heiko Maas, tweeted "The world won't end, but it will get crazier".
Meanwhile, Beatrix von Storch, deputy leader of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, said: "Donald Trump's victory is a sign that citizens of the western world want a clear change in policy."
Norbert Roettgen, a conservative ally of Merkel and head of the German parliament's foreign affairs committee, told German radio: "We're realising now that we have no idea what this American president will do if the voice of anger enters office and the voice of anger becomes the most powerful man in the world.
"Geopolitically we are in a very uncertain situation."
Australian ties with US 'profound' says PM
Chiara Palazzo reports:
Malcolm Turnbull has congratulated president-elect Donald Trump and reassured Australians that ties with the United States are "profound, strong and enduring."
The Australian prime minister said that he has every confidence Australia-US engagement will be as strong as ever.
"Americans understand that they have no stronger ally, no better friend, than Australia," Mr Turnbull said shortly after Mr Trump's acceptance speech.
Putin congratulates Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin has become one of few world leaders to congratulate Donald Trump.
In a telegram to the president-elect he said he hopes to work with Mr Trump on international issues, and said he believed a "constructive dialogue" between the US and Russia will serve the interests of both countries.
"Putin expressed hope for joint work to restore Russian-American relations from their state of crisis, and also to address pressing international issues and search for effective responses to challenges concerning global security," the Kremlin said in a statement.
Mr Trump's perceived closeness with Russia was, of course, a big source of political controversy throughout his campaign.
Change of tone from Trump?
Nick Allen reports:
Mr Trump spoke in a noticeably quiet voice. He stood in front of a bank of 20 US flags, and other state flags. To his right was a Make America Great Again hat in a glass case.On his left his wife Melania and children stood at the side of the stage with Chris Christie, Rudy Giuliani and other members of his campaign.The crowd who had waited through the night raised their energy for a few last cries of "Trump, Trump". One shouted "Eight years".Mr Trump said he would not let them down and the work of his "movement" was only just beginning. He ended by saying "I love this country!" He left the stage to the Rolling Stones' You Can't Always Get What You Want.
Trump conciliatory to Clinton in victory speech
He offered generous words for his vanquished opponent, saying she had worked hard for many years and was owed a "deep debt of gratitude".
The crowd was respectful at the mention of Mrs Clinton.
In a conciliatory speech Mr Trump added: "We will get along with all other nations willing to get along with us. We will deal fairly with everyone. We will seek common ground, partnership not conflict. "America will no longer settle for anything less than the best. We must reclaim our destiny."
Trump pledges to be 'President for all Americans'
Mr Trump pledged that he would be "president for all Americans" in his New York victory speech. He said he was "reaching out" to the people who had not supported him to "unify the country".
"Now it's time to bind the wounds of division. I say to Democrats and Republicans it is time come together as one united people," he said.
"I pledge to be president for all Americans," he said, adding: "The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer."
He said it was not a campaign but a movement that had won him the White House, comprised of "all people of different backgrounds and beliefs".
CLINTON NOT READY TO CONCEDE
John Podesta, Mrs Clinton's camapaign manager has said: "She is not done yet."
He has told the Clinton election night party that the campaign is not ready to concede yet because too many states are "too close to call".
He told the crowd to go home - the campaign will not be saying anything more tonight.
“I know you’ve been here a long time," he said.
“We’re still counting votes, and every vote should count.
“Several states are still close to call, so we’re not going to have anything more to say tonight.
“Everyone should head home. You should get some sleep. We’ll have more to say tomorrow.
“We are so proud of you, and we are so proud of her. She has done amazing things and she’s not done yet.”
Boos and chants of "lock her up" rang around Mr Trump's election night event after it was announced Mrs Clinton would not be conceding defeat.
An extraordinary development.
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Celebrities tweet their worry and anger about Trump
Hillary Clinton had the support of far more celebrities than Donald Trump did during the race for the White House, Helena Hortonwrites.
Many famous faces, including Miley Cyrus and Whoopi Goldberg said or hinted they would even move to Canada if Mr Trump won the election.
As Mrs Clinton's chances of winning look slimmer and slimmer, many celebrities have tweeted their frustration and worry about Mr Trump.
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Why did polls get it so wrong? Politics as we knew it is over
Harry de Quetteville writes:
The tweet from the “republican” pollster Frank Luntz as the polls closed said it all:
All eyes will be in Virginia for 2017.
Tim Kaine's Senate seat will open up, and they will have a special election. #ElectionNight
In case I wasn't clear enough from my previous tweets:
Hillary Clinton will be the next President of the United States.#ElectionNight
Like everyone else in the prediction game, Mr Luntz was served up a feast of his own words to consume over the next few hours. First came the odd unnerving slice of reality. Then came a few massive helpings of humble pie.
One by one, all their predictions, all their forecasts, their obsessively mined data, their experience at calling previous elections fell apart. It all counted for nothing. Trump was demolishing the pollsters, just as he demolished his rivals to be Republican nominee, just as he - at the time of writing - looked set to demolish Hillary Clinton's chances of assuming the presidency.
'Trump understands business, that's why I voted for him'
Harriet Alexander has been speaking to a New Jersey-born Cuban businesswoman about why she is celebrating Mr Trump's success:
Barbara Garcia, 37, who owns property and mortgage brokers, says her main reason for supporting Mr Trump is that he understands business. "What Obama did to us in terms of healthcare and the minimum wage was ridiculous," she said. "He forced us to get rid of employees. "You can't order me to pay for my workers' healthcare without knowing how much I make. I agree with everyone having healthcare - but just not penalizing those who employ them." Her parents came to the US from Cuba, and this also influenced her vote, she said. "My parents came here for freedom. And that's what is most important to me. "People say I should support a woman for president - well, sure, but just not that woman. "And I know Trump has said some bad things - at times, I was like: 'Put a sock in it.' But I can deal with that. As long as he fixes this country."
Paul Ryan 'calls Trump to congratulate him'
Paul Ryan, the House speaker, has called Mr Trump to congratulate him.
According to NBC, Mr Ryan had "very good conversations" with both Mr Trump and Mike Pence, his running mate.
Mr Ryan withdrew his support for Mr Trump last month after the emergence of a lewd video in which the billionaire discussed sexually assaulting women.
Two two tweets that defined US election night
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From banning all Muslims from America to building a wall along the Mexican border (who's gonna pay for that wall?) - Donald Trump's campaign for the US presidency has provided shocking, amusing and controversial moments aplenty.
Will a President Trump affect Muslim visitors to the US?
Dianita Sugiyo, 34, a university lecturer in Indonesia - the world's most populous Muslim country - said she was particularly concerned by Mr Trump's calls to temporarily ban from Muslims from countries with a history of terror ties.
"As a Muslim I feel very uncomfortable if Trump wins. He has always been anti-Muslim and I am afraid he will discriminate against Muslims," said Sugiyo, a member of a leading Indonesian moderate Muslim organisation.
"The United States is a multicultural country and there are a lot of Muslims there, so this is very terrifying," she said at a US embassy event in Jakarta.
New Zealand - along with Canada - 'an emigration option for worried Americans'
As well as Canada, New Zealand is is apparently an option for Americans wanting to emigrate.
New Zealand immigration officials told Reuters on the eve of the vote that New Zealand Now website, which deals with residency and student visas, had received 1,593 registrations from United States citizens since Nov. 1 - more than 50 percent of a typical month's registrations in just seven days.
Visits to New Zealand Now from the United States were up almost 80 percent to 41,000 from 7 Oct to 7 November, compared to the same period last year.
Rod Drury, the chief executive of NZ-based global accounting software firm Xero, said the statistics matched up with interest his company has been seeing from prospective U.S. national employees concerned about a Trump win.
Drury said what started as a joke was becoming a reality.
"I've got lots of messages coming through at the moment asking for a job in New Zealand, and we're saying 'yes you can'," Drury told Reuters by telephone on Wednesday.
"It will be interesting to see whether it translates into real action, it's an active conversation that moved to getting more serious and we'll see what will happen in the next month."
NZ immigration officials declined to comment.
Trump's good behaviour in final fortnight may have been decisive
If Donald Trump wins this, it might be because for the final fortnight of the campaign he did as he was told, Rob Crilly writes.
He shut up and let all the attention focus on his rival. Hillary Clinton was not a good candidate. She may be a fine politician, but she represented all that Mr Trump wants to overturn.
She is a political insider, dogged by questions about whether she can be trusted, whether over her emails or the Clinton Foundation. But every time she was on the back foot, Mr Trump would give her a way out, deflecting attention away from her with one of his own missteps - often an easily avoidable Twitter tirade or public pronouncement.
Until the final couple of weeks that is, when he was reportedly deprived of his phone and reduced to dictating his tweets through aides who could vet their tone and content.
As a result, the last week was dominated by fresh questions about Mrs Clinton's email server - thanks to FBI Director James Comey's odd intervention - rather than Mr Trump's behaviour. Was that the difference in the end?
Hispanics for Trump supporters celebrate victory in Florida
Harriet Alexander reports from a Trump victory party in Miami:
Inside the Las Vegas Cuban Cuisine, in an industrial estate on the outskirts of Miami, the glee of the Trump supporters cannot be contained.
Aged mainly in their 50s, some are tearful. They are all in Trump t-shirts and baseball caps, waving their Hispanics for Trump banners.
A microphone is being passed around for declarations, mainly in Spanish, about how this is a victory for Cubans, Venezuelans, Colombians and all Latinos. It descends into chants of "Trump, Trump, Trump! USA! USA!"
Dow futures market plunges more than 800 points
The markets are already reacting to the uncertainty surrounding a Trump Presidency.
The Dow futures market plunged more than 800 points while the Standard and Poors 500 futures market fell more than 5 per cent before midnight.
Bonds rallied as investors moved their money into them.
"Right now, the markets are heading for the hills, but we'll see," said Robert Tipp, chief investment strategist, global bonds and foreign exchange at Prudential Fixed Income. "That's a function of fear as much as fact."
The Trump voters were always out there - now they are being heard
Gareth A Davies, the Telegraph's boxing correspondent, writes:
I was lucky enough to be amongst the revellers in New York on the night in 2008 when Barack Obama was elected into the White House.Britain's brilliant boxer Joe Calzaghe was fighting an American legend Roy Jones Jnr at Madison Square Garden that weekend. The scenes in Greenwich Village and liberal, monied Manhattan were a joy to behold.Like America had lifted its hood. The parties went on and on. It felt like an epiphany for this great mass of peoples.I'm on my way from Las Vegas to New York this evening, on a three-week sojourn covering back to back to back prizefights. Las Vegas-New York-Las Vegas. I've been a frequent visitor to the United States in the last 25 years, covering fights, over one hundred times, a week at a time, in all places. When I can, I drive.Each visit has been its own mini story. It's a wondrous country, but it's also deeply flawed, and reinvented, like its two presidential candidates. A brilliant 2-hour documentary last night here on the PBS channel profiled both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, and the beautifully edited piece outlined the journeys of their lives, the trials of Mrs Rodham Clinton's husband vacationing from their marriage, his lies, her carrying it, hellbent on keeping them together to drive her own ambitions, and the position they had worked themselves into at the White House.And on the other side, Trump's flawed, ego-driven business desires, leaving a trail of destruction with the conclusion that he was really just a great promoter. I leave Las Vegas shortly and arrive at JFK, New York, early tomorrow morning. I've been covering the comeback of another politician last weekend - a boxing one in Manny Pacquiao, a prizefighter who rose from the barangays or shanties from extreme privation and through his popularity in a 20-year career, he has risen to become a senator in The Philippines.He is pushing through bills on the death penalty for heinous crimes, in a country where the recently-elected President, Rodrigo Duterte, has ordered a search and destroy mission on anyone dealing methamphetamine, addiction to which is rife, particularly in Manila.There are already claims of many extrajudicial executions. But I was told by many Filipinos this weekend who attended the fight that the fear created has made their country much safer.It has been compelling watching this divisive electioneering in the USA. So compelling that I've consumed every magazine, television show and conversation that could be had. Like Brexit, it has had Americans more engaged than ever. But it has been exhausting because of the lack of love or respect for both candidates.But what I have found different is that many, many more people - often white, often a little older, or poorer - have been happy to say Trump. On previous trips it was hard to find them. The voters were out there all the time. And they are being heard tonight.
Rudi Giuliani: 'Win Florida and you win the election'
Rudi Giuliani said: "I knew it was turning when I saw the figures coming in from Florida.
"This election was about one state. Win Florida and you win the election.
"Maybe the Clinton chapter is over now. They've brought enough disgrace to America, the presidency, and the state department. They corrupted the Justice Department."
Mr Giuliani refused to comment on whether he would try to prosecute Mrs Clinton over her emails if he becomes Attorney General.
Trump on the precipice
There are effectively 42 electoral votes still up for grabs. Donald Trump needs to win just two of them to become president. Here's how things are looking at the moment:
- Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes): It's too close to call in Pennsylvania with 80 per cent of the vote in and Hillary Clinton leading by one per cent. With all the rural votes still to come in, this could easily by a Trump victory
- Michigan (16 electoral votes): In Michigan it is Trump who leads by one per cent, with two-thirds of the vote in.
- New Hampshire (4 electoral votes): If Mr Trump can get across the line in tiny New Hampshire, he will become president. He leads by two per cent with 71 per cent in.
- Maine/Nebraska districts (one vote each): The only states to split their vote by congressional district, Maine and Nebraska have one swing district apiece. If Mrs Clinton sweeps elsewhere and takes neither of them, she loses. One and its a draw, heading to the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Both and she wins. It's a narrow path indeed for the former secretary of state.
The electorate's 'primal scream'
David Axelrod, who was Barack Obama's chief election strategist, described the election as "a primal scream on behalf of the US electorate against the status quo".
He told CNN that it was too soon to say that Donald Trump had won or that he was a political genius.
“We don't know how this is going to turn out… but my operative phrase as a consultant is that you are never as smart as you look when you win and you are never as dumb as you look as you lose," he said, but added that the Trump campaign had found a message that hit home.
“When you look back now at the things Donald Trump has been doing with his time in terms of where he was campaigning and the hammering away relentlessly at the message of Hillary Clinton and 30 years [in public life], and it has found an audience. That's what made this race close.
“If you look at rural areas, in county after county he is outperforming Mitt Romney dramatically and she is underperforming President Obama dramatically.”
Nigel Farage: This result looks 'bigger than Brexit'
Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, is delighted by the the increasingly positive results for Mr Trump in the US election.
Mr Farage, who believes that Mr Trump would be a key ally to Britain in the wake of the EU referendum, expressed his delight at the direction of the result:
Clinton supporters predict Armageddon
At Hillary Clinton's event, supporters are predicting Armageddon and the end of rational enlightenment, writes Ruth Sherlock.
"The enlightenment happened in the 18th century: reason, education, facts!" said Matthew Goreman, a million dollar donor to the Clinton campaign, shaking his head in disbelief. "It's embarrassing that we don't care about this anymore."
"You guys had Brexit but we have Donald Trump, that's so much worse," he said. "I am literally worried about nuclear Armageddon."
"To watch your country fall apart before your eyes. To have your last bastion of male patriarchy win out. He's saying it's OK to hurt people, to use racist slurs."
"Political correctness isnit being kind to you to your fellow man. This is Orwellian."
Canada's immigration website crashes
Canada's official immigration website has crashed after Donald Trump's unexpected success in the US election.
Application forms on the Canadian government website appeared to fail to load and website users reported extraordinarily long loading times to access basic areas of the site.
It came as there was a huge increase in the number of search hits for "move to Canada," according to results from Google.
There was also a spike in searches for "the end of the world":
Total control for Trump
Not only is Donald Trump on the verge of taking the White House, Republicans are almost certain to retain the senate and have already reclaimed the House of Representatives.
In control of both houses of Congress, Mr Trump would then have an opportunity to nominate a Supreme Court Justice immediately after taking office to replace the late Antonin Scalia. That would tilt the balance of the court back to the conservatives, with the potential for more nominations to come during his time in office.
Should he finish the job, there is almost nothing standing in Mr Trump's way.
How Trump has done so well
After Mitt Romney's electoral defeat in 2012, Republicans came up with one clear prescription: in a fast changing America the party could not win without reaching out to minorities, especially Hispanics, Ruth Sherlock writes.
But on Tuesday Donald Trump challenged that assumption, making unprecedented inroads in a campaign that was bolstered primarily by the white working class. The theory that there were leagues of white conservatives disaffected from politics to energise had mostly been dismissed by the party's top thinkers.
But it was those same thinkers who believed Mr Trump would suffer a humiliating defeat. The other astounding surprise for Republican analysts is that Mr Trump made his gains running on a platform that was at odds with the party's traditional beliefs.
A free market and global trade deals are part of the party's core values. Donald Trump ran on a protectionist agenda. And promised some form of social welfare - even if it wasn't Obamacare. And with these promises he energised Republican voters across the country.
"What happened this year, it was exposed that a big chunk of the Republican party is not conservative, in any sense of meaningful sense of that word," said Charles Murray, whose book Coming Apart: The State of White America was seen as prescient explanations of the problems that gave rise to a Trump candidacy.
Glum atmosphere at Clinton party
Ruth Sherlock reports:
The setting is grand but the mood is anything but festive here at the Hillary Clinton election night party. Guests are staring silently at the screen blasting out the state by state results. A roster of speakers are trying to keep the crowd buoyant, but the responses of the audience are ever less spirited. Staffers are pacing the halls, their faces grey and taught with tension. "I feel really sick," one told the Telegraph, asking not to be named.
Party time in Ohio for Trump fans
It's a party here at the Trump campaign's event in Columbus, Ohio, David Lawler reports.
A group of young campaign staffers chatted exuberantly in the hallway after their state was called for Mr Trump.
"We did it boys, we got Ohio," one man in a Make America Great Again hat exclaimed.
"We're about to get a whole lot more than that," another added.
Inside the 100 or so attendees grooved along to Happy by Pharrell (a Clinton endorser, incidentally) and utilised the open bar.
This is a campaign that even the Republican Party apparatus was reticent to embrace- hence the separate events tonight - and yet it won over the voters here by an overwhelming margin.
States still in doubt
The US election is coming down to these four states, all part of Hillary Clinton's so-called "firewall" of Democratic-leaning states. Mr Trump needs just 12 electoral votes from the four of them to win the presidency
- Michigan (16 electoral votes): Having not voted Republican since 1992 and rejecting native son Mitt Romney in 2012, Michigan is now leaning ever-so-slightly toward Mr Trump. His appeal to working class whites was effective in this industrial state.
- Wisconsin (10 electoral votes): There are similar factors at play in Wisconsin, which hasn't voted Republican since 1984. Mr Trump currently leads by three per cent.
- New Hampshire (4 electoral votes): The lone New England state to in play in this and any recent presidential election, New Hampshire took to Mr Trump right away in the primary elections. He's up two per cent there now.
- Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes): For two decades now, Republicans have piled time and money in Pennsylvania, tempted by the state's 20 electoral votes. They have consistently come up short in the past, but Mr Trump is just two per cent behind now and gaining fast.
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