The world’s media has reacted to Donald Trump’s historic election victory in the US election, with newspapers from North America to Australia plastered with pictures of the president-elect.
While press deadlines meant many daily papers were published shortly before Trump was declared the winner on Wednesday morning, it was a very different story today.
Front pages around the world proclaim the Republican’s resounding victory over his Democrat rival Kamala Harris, with headlines including ‘TRUMPED’, ‘Trump Towers’ and ‘Trump Triumphs’.
Many focused on his incredible come-back after his 2020 defeat and a felony charge, hailing it a ‘historic’ and ‘incredible’ comeback.
The New York Post hailed him as the ‘Life of the Party’ for his success in winning over voters and forging what the paper labelled ‘a new Republican coalition’.
But some papers were far from celebratory in their coverage. The online version of Germany’s leading broadsheet Die Zeit had just one word as the headline for its top election story – ‘F***’.
GERMANY: The online version of Germany ‘s leading liberal broadsheet Die Zeit had just one word as the headline for its top election story
AUSTRALIA: The Age invoked a famous scene from the horror film The Shining to deliver the news
ISRAEL: For its headline, The Jerusalem Post quoted Trump’s claim that he will ‘stop wars’ during his second term as president
USA: The New York Post hailed him as the ‘Life of the Party’ for his success in winning over voters and forging what the paper called ‘a new Republican coalition’
ITALY: The headline on Corriere della Sera reads: ‘L’America di Trump’ or ‘Trump’s America’
INDIA: The Hindustan Times had ‘Trump Towers’ as its headline, with a second story labelling it ‘A Trump miracle’
FRANCE: Le Parisien describes Trump’s win as ‘L’Incroyable come-back’ on its front page
MEXICO: Milenio has a picture of Trump pointing covering its front page, with the headline reading: ‘Todo el poder’ or ‘All the power’
SPAIN: Spain’s biggest newspaper El Pais focuses on Trump’s strengthened mandate from 2016, with the Republican party now having a majority in both houses and the Supreme Court
‘Looking away doesn’t help, fear doesn’t help, and in the end all that’s left is helpless self-soothing,’ writer Nele Pollatschek lamented as she opened her piece on ‘election night in front of the TV’.
Some papers have been more tongue in cheek with their front page designs – including Australian newspaper The Age, which invoked a famous scene from the The Shining to deliver the news.
‘Here’s Donny!’ the headline on the Melbourne paper goes, with Trump pictured peeking out from the page as Jack Nicholson’s character does in the cult horror film.
Mexican daily Milenio and Spain’s biggest newspaper El Pais both focus on Trump’s strengthened mandate from 2016, with the Republican party now having a majority in both houses and the Supreme Court.
‘Todo el poder’, or ‘all the power’, the Spanish language papers had as their headlines.
Papers also pointed out how Trump, perhaps unexpectedly, won the popular vote, something he didn’t succeed in doing when running against Hilary Clinton.
Italy’s Corriere della Sera made the point, with its headline reading: ‘L’America di Trump’ or ‘Trump’s America’.
It added in its subheading that Trump had spoken on the phone to Italian premier Giorgia Meloni last night.
USA: The San Francisco Chronicle has a picture of Harris across its front page with one word: ‘TRUMPED’
French newspaper Le Soir asks what a Trump victory means for the world with the simple question ‘Et maintenant?’ or ‘And now?’
GERMANY: Tabloid Bild has a picture of Trump doing a thumbs-up with the headline ‘Da Isser Wieder!’ or ‘There it is again!’
Amid Israel’s continued war in Gaza, The Jerusalem Post used its headline to refer to Trump’s claim in his victory speech on Wednesday, in which he said: ‘I’m not going to start wars, I’m going to stop wars.’
India’s Hindustan Times also reflected in its subheadings on how the result ‘is set to have a huge impact on global affairs as two wars are raging,’ referring to the devastating conflict in the Middle East and Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
The English-language newspaper had ‘Trump Towers’ as its headline, with a second story labelling his success in the race ‘a Trump miracle’
French newspaper Le Soir used the same image as many other papers – Trump pointing at the camera in front of a row of star-spangled banners.
But its headline was far removed from others, instead asking what a Trump victory means for the world with the simple question ‘Et maintenant?’ or ‘And now?’
JAPAN: The Japan Times had the headline ‘Trump claims victory in US election’, saying in the subheadline that it means ‘another era of uncertainty is in the cards’
BRAZIL: O Estado de S. Paulo has as its top line: ‘Embalado por voto rural, Trump supera desempenho de 2020,’ meaning ‘Driven by rural vote, Trump outperforms his 2020 performance.’
ITALY: The front page of La Repubblica used a picture of Trump taken in court during his criminal trial in Manhattan – with the headline ‘Sono tornato’ meaning ‘I’m back’
The front page of Brazilian newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo had as its top line: ‘Embalado por voto rural, Trump supera desempenho de 2020,’ meaning ‘Driven by rural vote, Trump outperforms his 2020 performance.’
It states that Harris received fewer votes than expected in key states, turning the results in Trump’s favour.
Trump is the first president in over 130 years, and only the second in history, to win a non-consecutive second term.
The race initially appeared neck-and-neck as Americans went to the polls Tuesday after a tense months-long build-up.
Democrats had been counting on holding the trio of states – Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania – to give Harris the White House. Biden won them in 2020.
But in the end Harris didn’t improve upon President Joe Biden’s performance against Trump four years ago.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
