As Donald Trump scored crucial victories in key states, putting his campaign on the verge of an upset win over Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, the world was already making it clear that a victory for the billionaire businessman would be the wrong result.
Trump entered the 2016 presidential race as an underdog. If he pulls it off, Trump's victory Wednesday over Clinton would mean that from a global perspective, the worst fears of this contentious U.S. election may stand a chance of being realized.
"After Brexit and this election, anything is now possible. A world is crumbling before our eyes. Vertigo," France's ambassador to the U.S. Gerard Araud tweeted as it became clear that the billionaire businessman was on the verge of winning the presidency.
Trump has touted a vision of American foreign policy that would represent a fundamental break with decades of received diplomatic wisdom, including making U.S. military support for NATO, a cornerstone of global security since World War II, conditional on the financial support of the alliance's members.
His behavior during the before and during campaign— in his speeches, statements and rants on Twitter at 3 a.m. — personify a raft of negative stereotypes about American behavior and character: brash, impulsive, racist, crass, obsessed with wealth, lacking respect and understanding for the wider world.
Chinese state media were quick to cast the election as the embodiment of America’s democracy in crisis in contrast to China’s perceived stability under authoritarian rule. "The majority of Americans are rebelling against the U.S.’s political class and financial elites," the official Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily said in a commentary.
Billionaire populist Donald Trump is poised for a possible shock victory over Hillary Clinton in a historic US presidential election. News look.
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