Press review of the US election: "Most blatant, vain, stupid and dysfunctional leadership"

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Donald Trump is voted out - but is still reluctant to this truth

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Democrat Joe Biden has been declared the winner of the US presidential election after an unprecedented election thriller.

Videos show how people in the USA dance on the streets to celebrate.

And the press is also enthusiastic: nationally and internationally, the first votes for Biden's victory are almost entirely positive.

"Zeit Online",

for example, evaluates the election result as a "liberation" and writes: "Not only in the United States, around the globe you can now really hear the sigh of relief."

And the

simple headline: "It's Joe Time".

Abroad, people already have high hopes for Joe Biden as the new president.

According to the

from Switzerland, Biden can be trusted to "restore confidence".

And

in Spain thinks that the 77-year-old will also improve world politics: "Joe Biden, a president who can cause a thaw between the USA and the world".

"The victory is huge, but still close"

"World"

The

formulates a little more cautiously

.

Because in some states Joe Biden only won by a few percentage points.

Donald Trump has also announced a legal battle.

"The victory is huge, but close," writes the "Welt".

"Joe Biden now has a clear mission: to take a course of the political center, if possible without alienating the left wing of the Democratic Party. And he has the opportunity to make history - by doing without."

The

also points to Biden's role as a great unifier

.

He had the "mandate to moderate" and had to be careful not to take a left-wing political course.

Because that would "bitterly divide the country".

At the same time, commentators condemn Trump's behavior during his presidency.

The

judges

the president's term of office

most sharply

.

"The American people have looked into the abyss of autocratic nationalism and decided to step back from that abyss. (...) President Trump's four-year attack on our democratic institutions and values ​​will soon end."

The British

takes Trump to court.

"We are finally at the end of Donald Trump's extremely bad presidency. Voters have voted against what can only be described as the crassest, most vain, stupid and dysfunctional leadership this country has ever suffered from."

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