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Trump's triumph puts Italy's Renzi in difficult position
Donald Trump's unexpected victory is likely to make it even harder for Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to win a crucial referendum on constitutional reform set for December.Renzi was one of the few world leaders to publicly endorse Hillary Clinton and Trump's triumph has not only put the Italian premier in a difficult diplomatic position, it has also underlined the rise of anti-elite sentiment around the world. -
Trump's victory triggered fears that his view that global warming is a hoax might lead other nations to scale back ambitions under a landmark climate change deal, while renewable energy stocks fell on world markets. -
Clinton can retreat with a storied career and a well-endowed family foundation. For the many American institutions damaged by the election, a comeback will be harder to accomplish. -- Breakingviews columnist Rob Cox, in "Put a rig on it"
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In Pictures - America divided after election.People react after the results of a presidential election that inflamed racial, ethnic and class tensions that have long simmered in America. See the full slideshow.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May says the ''enduring and special relationship'' between Britain and the United States would remain intact following Trump win. -
Trump may embody his own isolationist policy
In winning over a majority of the electorate, he alienated nearly everyone in a position of power. That means checks and balances on his presidency could mark a huge test for the American experiment and economy. -- Breakingviews columnist Jeffery Goldfarb, in "Executive Decision"
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Boris Johnson says looks forward to continuing UK-U.S. partnership with Trump
Reuters UKBritain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who has previously criticised U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, congratulated him on his victory on Wednesday and said he looked forward to continuing the partnership between the two nations. -
Trump advisors vow economic growth under Trump administration
WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's economic advisor Peter Navarro on Wednesday sought to reassure the markets, saying the Republican president-elect would help boost economic growth once in the White House, aided by a Republican-controlled Congress.
Speaking on CNBC, Navarro also did not rule out serving in a Trump administration, adding: "There will be a lot of people with private sector experience."
Separately, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told CNBC the market's reaction was due to Trump's surprise victory. She added that he would act quickly in conjunction with the Republican-led Congress to implement his plans, including lifting numerous U.S. regulations.
By Susan Heavey and David Alexander
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"It was Donald Trump's decision to say, 'No, we are not going to relitigate these issues. We are not going to brag.' Every single thing that had to do with the old rhetoric was gone. He wants to be a great president. And he will be." --Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said on Fox News that Trump made a conscious decision to focus his speech on healing the country.
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President-elect Donald Trump addresses his supporters after historic win
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Republican Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to shake up Washington and as president the brash real estate mogul will be in a position to dramatically change how the United States handles immigration, trade and a range of other policies.
Yet many of his more ambitious proposals will require cooperation from Congress. While he will likely enjoy a post-election honeymoon with congressional Republicans, a long-lasting romance is far from guaranteed, given his uneasy relationship with congressional leaders and some basic ideological differences he has with Republican orthodoxy.
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Clinton to speak at 10:30 a.m. EST/1530 GMT on election
WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton plans to deliver remarks to staff and supporters at 10:30 a.m. EST/1530 GMT on Wednesday at a hotel in Manhattan, her campaign said in a statement after her loss to Republican Donald Trump.
The campaign had earlier said she would speak at 9:30 a.m.EST/1430 GMT.
By Mohammad Zargham
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Credit rating agency Moody's says Trump election victory will alter the landscape in trade, healthcare and regulation.
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EU Foreign ministers to have special meeting on Sunday to discuss implications of Trump victory - sources.
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U.S. stocks opened lower on Wednesday after Republican Donald Trump was elected 45th U.S. president, defeating heavily favored Democrat Hillary Clinton.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 25.55 points, or 0.14 percent, at 18,307.19,
The S&P 500 .SPX was down 10.84 points, or 0.51 percent, at 2,128.72
The Nasdaq composite .IXIC was down 41.65 points, or 0.8 percent, at 5,151.84.
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Trump win stokes fears over climate change goals, hits renewable stocks https://t.co/mUWBBuYln32:34 PM - 09 Nov 2016
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Hillary Clinton is expected to depart the Peninsula Hotel shortly and head to the New Yorker hotel where she's expected to speak. -
Only 38 percent said Trump is qualified to serve as president, while 52 percent said Clinton is qualified. And yet Trump won. Americans elected a candidate they don't believe is qualified!
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Mexican Finance Minister Jose Antonio Meade says the country is in a position of strength to face the economic environment following Donald Trump's win in the U.S. election. -
Trump election puts Iran nuclear deal on shaky ground https://t.co/sRA8StGNdN2:35 PM - 09 Nov 2016
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Putin says will try to repair ties with U.S.A. under Trump https://t.co/p4ZrwqtuNY2:35 PM - 09 Nov 2016- Reply
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Putin has been dealt a good hand by the U.S. election outcome, but one that is part of a long poker game - @gfhay… https://t.co/MAXexT8Gg8Retweeted by rob1cox12:18 PM - 09 Nov 2016
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Amazon, Ford, United Tech - companies Trump shamed - all down. Infrastructure stocks - led by Caterpillar - are soaring. And prisons!2:36 PM - 09 Nov 2016
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PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - France's far-right National Front party leader Marine Le Pen congratulated Donald Trump for his U.S. presidential election victory on Wednesday and said she hoped the same kind of upset would happen in France next year.
"Congratulations to the new president of the United States Donald Trump and to the free American people!" Le Pen, who will compete in France's presidential election six months from now, said on Twitter.
"What happened last night was not the end of the world, it was the end of a world," she later told reporters. "The Americans gave themselves a president of their choosing and not the one that the establishment wanted them to rubber-stamp."
Opinion polls show Le Pen likely to win the first round of French presidential elections next April but lose the second runoff round in May to whoever should be her opponent.
Her father Jean-Marie Le Pen,the party founder who reached the second round of French presidential elections in 2002, tweeted:"Today the United States, tomorrow France."
France's National Front has been building support for its anti-immigration, anti-European Union stance in recent years.
Marine Le Pen argued that Trump's victory is part of a much wider revolt by voters against political elites worldwide, not only in France.
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Russia revels in Trump victory, looks to sanctions relief
ReutersRussia's parliament erupted in applause after a lawmaker announced that Donald Trump had been elected U.S. president and Vladimir Putin told foreign ambassadors he was ready to fully restore ties with Washington. -
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The cover of Time magazine is seen at a news stand at Pennsylvania Station in New York. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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A worker reads a freshly printed newspaper with the headline reading "We will tremble" at a printer of the local daily Norte in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
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Trump arouses Syrian rebel concern, "cautious" optimism in Damascus
By Tom Perry and Lisa Barrington
Donald Trump's election as U.S. president on Wednesday aroused concern among Syrian rebels and a degree of optimism in Damascus, where his victory was seen as a better outcome than a Hillary Clinton win.
Syrian rebels have long been fiercely critical of what they perceive as the Barack Obama administration's inadequate backing for their fight against President Bashar al-Assad, though Washington has been an important sponsor of the uprising.
While some in the Syrian opposition said Trump had yet to articulate a clear Syria policy, his statements, and his more open-minded stance towards Assad's ally Russia, have fuelled rebel concern about the stance he may adopt on the war, in which Russia's air force has been bombing insurgents.
"I think things will become difficult because of Trump's statements and his relationship with Putin and Russia. I imagine this is not good for the Syrian issue," Zakaria Malahifji, head of the political office of an Aleppo-based rebel group, told Reuters.
Trump said in an Oct. 25 interview with Reuters that defeating Islamic State was a higher priority than persuading Assad to step down, and warned that Clinton could drag the United States into a new world war over the Syria conflict. -
Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders of the Netherlands, Golden Dawn Party spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris of Greece and, National Front Party leader Marine Le Pen are all celebrating the U.S. election results, saying Trump's victory is proof that ''people are fed up with the status quo''. -
“The media is always taking Trump literally. It never takes him seriously, but it always takes him literally,” said (Peter) Thiel, (the silicon valley billionaire) said. Journalists wanted to know exactly how he would deport that many undocumented immigrants, or exactly how Trump would rid the world of the Islamic State. We wanted details.
But a lot of voters think the opposite way: They take Trump seriously but not literally.
They realize, Thiel said, that Trump doesn’t really plan to build a wall. “What they hear is, ‘We’re going to have a saner, more sensible immigration policy.’ ”
Trump, quite apparently, captured the anger that Americans were feeling about issues such as trade and immigration.
And although many journalists and many news organizations did stories about the frustration and disenfranchisement of these Americans, we did not take them seriously enough.
Margaret Sullivan, "The media didn't want to believe Trump could win. So they looked the other way," Washington Post.
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Barbara and I congratulate @realDonaldTrump, wish him well as he guides America forward as our next President. His family is in our prayers.3:36 PM - 09 Nov 2016
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Even post-Brexit & Trump, pollsters make an all-too-easy punchbag, says @LiamWardProud for @Breakingviews: https://t.co/TZ5zZdftdl.3:19 PM - 09 Nov 2016
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Exclusive: Riding #Trump wave, #Breitbart News plans U.S., European expansion https://t.co/kT36FJ1zLv via @Reuters3:45 PM - 09 Nov 2016
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#WheresHillary Waiting for the maid to sort the classified e-mail printouts from the concession speech printout. https://t.co/9f9NFKWJxc
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The U.S. hospital industry said it remained focused on ensuring that Americans have access to health care, and pledged to work the Trump administration and lawmakers to address the nation's healthcare challenges.
Republicans, who will control the White House and both chambers of Congress come Jan. 20, have vowed to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care law expanding access to health insurance coverage, a move that could hurt hospitals and other providers. Shares of hospital operators as well as insurers slumped on Wednesday in the wake of Trump's presidential victory.
(Reporting by Susan Heavey)
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Looks like the big/only R Senate losers, Ayotte and Kirk, are the ones who most ostentatiously ditched Trump.10:39 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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Add Joe Heck; got huge coverage for ditching Trump, spent the campaign's final stretch discussing nothing else https://t.co/Fhwr1lE7NR10:41 AM - 09 Nov 2016- Reply
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My @Fahrenthold-style list of Obama precedents that pave the way for massive abuse. Still a work in progress. https://t.co/wx46Sw62cA
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My best advice for what to do today-nothing. As Prof of behavioral finance, any decisions we make today will likely be bad ones. Slow down.11:01 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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Obama got 65.9m votes in '12, Romney 60.9m. Clinton has 59.3m, Trump 59.1m. R vote didn't go up; Dem vote went down. 6.6m missing votes.10:45 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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Hillary Clinton's motorcade is en route to her speech following her Election Night defeat to Donald Trump. We will have the live video of her speech pinned to the top of the live blog.
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"Donald Trump heard a voice in this country that no one else heard."
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he hopes the administration of Donald Trump will continue to ''strengthen the bonds of international cooperation''.
Britain's Prince Andrew halts public duties over sex scandal
LONDON Britain's Prince Andrew stepped down from public duties on Wednesday, saying the controversy surrounding his "ill-judged" association with late U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein had caused major disruption to the royal family's work.
