Falling in line with recent trends in Europe and around the world where there has been a pull to the right and a rise in populist fervour, Donald Trump, the billionaire businessman and reality TV star, was named the President-elect of the United States of America, after upsetting the odds in his defeat of Democratic candidate Hilary Clinton, on Wednesday.
Reaction around the world has been mixed, comparisons have been made with Brexit and voter sentiment in Britain, and undoubtedly it has fuelled far-right groups around the globe. That David Duke, the former KKK leader and American Nazi, lauded the result and claimed credit must go to the racist cult following the election of Trump, says much about why so many in America and around the world are seriously concerned.
The Avondhu spoke to Fermoy’s Fran Hanley, an American who has been living in Ireland with almost 27 years, and asked her what she thought about the election result in her homeland this week. Ms Hanley said she was ‘shocked’ with the result and that, had she been in a position to vote, she would not have voted for Trump.
“I stayed up until seven o’clock on Wednesday morning, I didn’t go to bed all night. I woke up again at nine to find out he had been elected, …”
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