This Thursday, the world’s press autopsies the Donald Trump’s clear victoryin yesterday’s U.S. presidential election. At the forefront of which are American newspapers. The New York Times attempts to analyze how the Republican managed to reach “so many Americans” – at this stage, the future President of the United States has garnered at least 72 million votes, compared with just 68 million for his defeated Democratic rival Kamala Harris.

“He was a fearsomely effective campaigner. To see him was to see him blend comedy, fury, optimism, darkness and cynicism like never before. He was an expert communicator. He won new supporters and kept old ones under his spell.”reads the daily newspaper, which wonders whether “will a woman ever be president? . And to note that “the connection with Donald Trump became stronger for many people after the assassination attempt” at a meeting in Pennsylvania in July : “People began to think of him as a cross between Rambo and John Gotti (a New York mobster, Editor’s note).” and “some saw proof of the divine in his survival”allowing the candidate to get closer to “certain people on a spiritual level. “Hatred of institutions cannot be estimated”nor its “criticisms of the dominant orthodoxy” nor its “scare tactics” : “fear kept people hooked”.

Kamala Harris’ “miscalculations

The Wall Street Journal, which asks the same questionbelieves that “voters have expressed anger at the prices and frustration that their ambitions seem out of reach.”. And analyzes “calculation errors by Kamala Harris. “His campaign was misinterpreted by an electorate more concerned about inflation and immigration than Donald Trump’s character.”concludes WSJ. “Voters across party lines have veered to the right on the immigration issue. They blamed Biden and Harris for failing to control the chaotic border.”, summarizes the New York Times.

“Voter anger over economy baffles Democrats”, moresoie le Washington Post . “For Harris, no stranger to setbacks, it was a crushing defeat. But it was also a stinging verdict for the American left, which saw its standard-bearer dismissed for the second time in three presidential elections, in an election marked by the dark tendencies of reactionary populism.”, analysis in another article le journal de la capitale.

“Europe’s back against the wall

A theme tackled in France by Le Monde for whom the Democratic candidate “leaves open the question of her party’s defeat”.. “Kamala Harris has neglected the party’s traditional base, especially the progressive current and young people (…) Wearing sneakers and having fun on the set of the legendary “Saturday Night Live” show, three days before the election, do not create a membership.”the evening paper.

Le Parisien makes its front page on “the incredible comeback of Donald Trump when L’Humanité is alarmed by “American nightmare”. “Europe’s back against the wallpoints out Les Echos. “The world is about to experience new turbulence: isolationist and unpredictable, the president-elect intends to turn the page on Biden, who tried to restore the image of the United States in the world.”we read. In Le Figaro the election of the Republican puts Europe, “weakened and divided at a time of choices to ensure its security”.facing up to its responsibilities.

Back in the Echoeswho, in its editorialconsiders that “Trump’s victory sends us back to our own blindness.” : “If, then, we are wrong about how American society sees its new president, are we in danger of being wrong about how we see our own society? The issues that won him the election are still there: purchasing power, immigration, insecurity, detestation of the elites. The soil is the same, so let’s not bury our heads in it so as not to see.”

“Historic change of camp for minorities”

In Italy, the Corriere Della Serra focuses on the future balance of power between the United States and the Old Continent. “Donald Trump’s triumph comes at a moment of maximum weakness for the EU. From defense to a common vision of investment and industrial development, will the EU manage to avoid what Draghi called a “slow agony”?”asks the country’s leading daily. Il Manifestoresolutely left-wing, deplores the “absolute power” that Donald Trump is about to seize : “There’s only one man in charge, plus a pluto-technological shadow named Musk.”

The Spanish daily El Mundo takes a look at “the historic shift of minorities in the U.S.”. The Republican has effectively “considerably improved his performance” available at “Latinos, blacks and young people”.. “The Latino vote proved decisive, but for Donald Trump . There was no “blue” wave of feminists or legions of Hispanic women heading to the polls, energized by the cause of reproductive rights or long-awaited immigration reform, at least not with enough force to influence the electoral outcome and give Kamala Harris a victory.”analyses the conservative newspaper.

Across the Channel, The Guardian headlines “American Dread” – “America’s fear” – when The Mirror wonders “What have they done again” – “what have they done now”. “He was shot, convicted of a crime and branded a fascist… but he remains the people’s choice.”sums up Daily Express. “You are rehired”wrote The Sun in reference to the famous “you’re fired” Donald Trump said to his recruits in The Apprentice.

Finally, Germany, Der Spiegel notes that “the presidential election did not take place without incident or disruption”. but that “the feared chaos has not occurred”.citing “bomb threats from Russia and baseless fraud allegations from Donald Trump.”.

“Trump will put his own interests first”

In the rest of the world, Chinese dailies are content to point out that their president Xi Jinping has “congratulated” the president-elect. In Israel, the Jerusalem Post esteem that “Trump’s victory is a diplomatic bombshell”. For the liberal newspaper, his election “weakens diplomatic efforts to bring a short-term end to Israel’s multi-front wars and calls into question long-term U.S. support for Israel’s military campaigns against Iran and its proxies.”. And wonders: “Will Trump be good for Israel in wartime, especially given his reluctance to engage militarily?” ?

“Donald Trump will put his own interests first, and they won’t necessarily always be aligned with the expectations of Netanyahu’s coalition.”the left-of-center Hebrew daily Haaretz.

Finally, Mexico, La Jordana wonders what will be the “implications” of Donald Trump’s victory for the country: “The first change will be a change in tone. Whereas Joe Biden’s administration generally enjoyed cordial, even solid, relations with its Mexican counterparts, Trump’s negotiating style almost always begins with threats.”. He adds: “But Trump’s promise of mass deportations of immigrants is what could do the most damage.”