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The whole world had been watching as Election Day unfolded in the world's largest economy, with former President Donald Trump emerging victorious over Democratic Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris.
Knewz.com has learned that several news outlets around the world have already published how they feel about the Republican candidate's "shocking win."
However, not all of them share the same elation or anxiety – depending on one's political affiliation – regarding the United States presidential race.
Frankfurter Allgemeine, a newspaper from Germany, mocked the election situation with a front page piece headlined "Good Morning America."
The cover picture for the article featured the garbage-loving muppet Oscar the Grouch, seemingly taking a dig at the "garbage" comments flung towards each other by both major parties participating in the election.
The article began with the words, "Election day or garbage day?"
It is worth noting that the "garbage" rhetoric began with comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's offensive "island of garbage" remark about Puerto Rico at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally—which saw the attendance of 20,000 supporters.
Commenting on Hinchcliffe's "joke," incumbent President Joe Biden said during a Voto Latino get-out-the-vote call:
"And just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico ‘a floating island of garbage.’ Well, let me tell you something … I don’t know the Puerto Rican that I know… or Puerto Rico where I’m – in my home state of Delaware – they’re good, decent, honorable people."
Biden then added what has since been considered hateful rhetoric toward Republican supporters, "The only garbage I see floating out there is [Trump's] supporters."
"His, his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and it’s un-American," he further stated.
It is worth noting that the White House soon sprang into action to justify and "clarify" his remarks, with spokesman Andrew Bates claiming that the 81-year-old President referred to the “hateful rhetoric” presented at the rally as "garbage"—and not the supporters of the Republican campaign.
Referencing the said events, the news outlet from Germany reported:
"The election campaign revolved around the question of who in the country was just "garbage" until the finale on Tuesday: the Puerto Ricans, as a comedian had proclaimed at a Trump rally? Trump supporters, as Joe Biden seemed to have said until the White House "corrected" the transcript? Or Kamala Harris, as Trump's "running mate" JD Vance suggested on Monday?"
"Whether things will continue to be more child-friendly is anyone's guess," Frankfurter Allgemeine further wrote.
Other newspapers from the nation, however, maintained a more serious tone in their coverage of the initial uncertainty hanging over America before the outcome was declared.
For instance, Germany's Süddeutsche Zeitung news outlet simply headlined the election story “Her or him,” while Tagespiegel's headline read “A desk full of worries”—accompanied by a picture of an empty Resolute desk in the Oval Office.
Süddeutsche Zeitung also published an opinion piece entitled "Donald Trump is exactly the man the Americans want," which read: "The voters made a conscious decision. They seek protection in a false world, and their hero now moves into it with Pomp and Gloria."
The international edition of America's very own The New York Times – a notable critic of President-elect Trump – has published a series of scathing remarks about the former President's return to power, writing that his win "Opens an Era of Uncertainty for the Nation."
The news outlet, which was recently accused of "sanewashing" the Republican Presidential candidate, also called Trump's 2024 White House win a "Stunning Return to Power After Dark and Defiant Campaign."
"To roughly half the country, Mr. Trump’s rise portends a dark turn for American democracy, whose future will now depend on a man who has openly talked about undermining the rule of law," The New York Timesreported.
"Trump helped inspire an assault on the Capitol in 2021, has threatened to imprison political adversaries and was denounced as a fascist by former aides. But for his supporters, Mr. Trump’s provocations became selling points rather than pitfalls," the report further read.
It has been reported that Trump declared in his victory speech at West Palm Beach, Florida, that he was the leader of “the greatest political movement of all time.”
"We overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible," the President-elect further stated, adding that he won with an “unprecedented and powerful mandate.”