US election 2020: Donald Trump is voted out - these are the reactions

Joe Biden won the US election.

Donald Trump is voted out.

The media, politicians, celebrities and users of social media are reacting worldwide.

An overview.

• Joe Biden * won the US election in 2020, Donald Trump * was voted out.

  The media, politicians and celebrities speak out.

• In European media, Joe Biden's victory is mostly rated as positive for the USA *.

• All the news and background information on the US presidential election: News about the 2020 election *

Frankfurt - One day after the announcement of

victory

in the 2020 presidential election * in the USA, the media and people rule all over the world.

While in most cases

deep breath

after four years

and expresses the joy at the end of the episode Trump, there are also thoughtful and angry voices.

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The Donald Trump chapter will soon be history - the reactions around the world are mostly pleased and relieved.

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"New York Times": "The Donald Trump chapter - dirty, terrifying, humiliating, tragic - is almost over."

Michelle Goldberg, columnist for the "New York Times" writes that even a still Republican Senate cannot "distract from the monumental achievement" that Trump's "evil presidency" has ended.

The next chapter in American politics will not be easy, said Goldberg.

"But the

chapter

- dirty, terrifying, humiliating, tragic - is almost over." "The editorial staff," a group of other "New York Times" journalists, writes that the American people looked into the abyss of autocratic nationalism, but decided to step back from the edge of the abyss: "President Trump's four-year attack on our democratic institutions and values ​​will soon end."

Been waiting to write this headline for four years https://t.co/y5XnOkFg5m

- Michelle Goldberg (@michelleinbklyn) November 7, 2020

“Fortunately,” according to the New York Times,

had promised to be a president for all Americans - “a welcome departure from a president who has spent his tenure in office turning the electorate into perceived fans and enemies to split up. ”Trump left a USA that was“ weaker, meaner, poorer, sicker and more divided than it was four years ago ”.

For the coming week, the authors expect "unexpected steps and dangerous disinformation" from

, so it is worthwhile to "use this moment to raise a glass and breathe a sigh of relief." Neither will Trumpism "magically disappear" nor would the damage done by Trump in an effort to "undermine the democratic foundations of the nation" be instantly healed.

"Washington Post": Trump's party has laid "like a moldy carpet" at his feet

Columnist Matt Bai writes in the Washington Post that if the result of the presidential election was not a “categorical rejection” of the Trump system, it was at least an emphatic one.

"After all the lies and mismanagement, after the transformation of the Republican Party into a family-run syndicate," it is amazing to see that around 70 million people have cast their votes for

.

This number would roughly correspond to the result that Barack Obama could get in 2008.

Still, a president would have to "work pretty hard" to lose his re-election campaign, all the more so.

Trump had "total control" over his party, which lay at his feet "like a moldy carpet".

"Had this week's results been accurately forecast and tallied like in any other year, I suspect the perception of Trump's defeat would be very different."

My latest.

https://t.co/yc4WFixD3l

- Matt Bai (@mattbai) November 7, 2020

The editorial board of the Washington Post writes that the election did not become the violent gossip for

that he “deserved”.

Nevertheless, the defeat of the current incumbent against

"proof of the resilience of American democracy." In other countries, the "bullies" like Trump became strong men by promising "security from malicious external influences" , “Demonized cultural elites and sowed enough confusion and apathy that people could not resist sliding into illiberalism.

Mr. Trump tried all of these tactics.

But the Americans resisted.

They did so in an overwhelming but orderly manner at the ballot box ”.

"Standard": Joe Biden stands for the "return to the old order"

Frank Herrmann writes for the Austrian newspaper “Standard” that

now show the greatness

to congratulate

on his election victory.

This Biden stands for compromise and government experience: "If you will, he stands for the return to the old order, not for the departure to new shores." One can "say with certainty", writes Herrmann: It is a referendum on Trump, there was no vote on Biden, voting out Trump may have been the main motive for many who vote against him.

That is why Trump is the first president since 1992 "who was granted only four years in the Oval Office".

I said this exact same thing to my significant other a while back.

I told him Trump's fate would be losing in spite of all the massive cheating and stealing.

And that it would be a referendum on his popularity.

- Katie Kelly ❤🌊🌸🐶🐾🐶🐾🐶🌸🌊❤ (@ Gardenmorning13) November 6, 2020

In the British newspaper "The Guardian" Andrew Rawnsley writes that Donald Trump's defeat by

was "wonderful for the world" and meant "trouble for Boris Johnson".

The world is fascinated by the "convincing theater of American democracy - and nowhere more than here in Great Britain".

The most important consequence of Joe Biden's election victory is that she “means the expulsion of

”.

Prime Minister Johnson must now show that he is not a "mini Trump".

He must now avoid looking like “the seller of an ideological style” that has been rejected in his largest market.

Mr. Trump will no longer be the most famous example of what some considered to be an irresistible global trend of nationalist populism, ”says Rawnsley.

German politicians are happy with Joe Biden - AfD continues to support Donald Trump

In the social media, many German politicians say they are delighted with the change at the top of the USA.

Heiko Maas would like to work closely with the government of

in dealing with actors like China, climate protection and the fight against the corona pandemic

, writes the German Foreign Minister on Twitter.

Green chairwoman Annalena Baerbock tweeted just one sentence, referring to the outcome of the presidential election: “What a liberating message!” Her party colleague and predecessor Cem Özdemir tweeted “Welcome back, USA!” - he couldn't tell how many stones he had fall from the heart.

Today is a reason to celebrate.

"Period." The leader of the Left Party, Katja Kipping, is on Twitter "incredibly relieved that

did not win the election".

The close result shows, however, that the election four years ago was not a “slip-up”, but “an expression of a solidified right-wing populist bloc”.

Like many other European heads of state and government, Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulated Joe Biden in the morning *.

Welcome back, USA!

Can't say how many stones fall from my heart.

It was almost too exciting, but with #Biden & #Harris the team that won the popular vote clearly won.

Democracy is unbeatable & great.

Today is a reason to celebrate.

Point.

- Cem Özdemir (@cem_oezdemir) November 7, 2020

On the other hand, it remains noticeably quiet from the ranks of the AfD.

The German right-wing populists published a joint statement by parliamentary group leaders Weidel and Gauland, in which they waived congratulations.

Instead, they wish

"all the best for the tasks ahead" and are "confident that any irregularities in the counts would be resolved quickly through the rule of law," which they agree with the US Republicans' narrative.

Johannes Huber, member of the Bundestag and Chairman of the Petitions Committee of the Bundestag, simply tweeted: "Biden is not my President."

From LeBron James to Rihanna, celebrities rejoice with Joe Biden

Update: I can't get to the f ** king White House fast enough now !!!

🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/1Ep6phHxXE

- Megan Rapinoe (@mPinoe) November 7, 2020

Basketball star

tweeted a video of him pulling on a winning cigar.

The video is overwritten with "more than one choice".

James is considered the most staunch critic of

in the US sports world - alongside

.

The captain of the soccer world champions from the USA emphasized on Twitter the historical significance of the election of Kamala Harris * as vice president for black and South Asian women worldwide and announced that she did not want to visit the White House quickly enough.

A swipe at Donald Trump, under which she refused to visit the seat of government in honor of the World Cup she had won.

pic.twitter.com/3hFxcWEIt0

- Ava DuVernay (@ava) November 7, 2020

Pop star

tweeted her congratulations to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Above a picture of the two she wrote: “These are the faces of historians, border crossers and WINNERS!” There is so much work to be done to undo so much pain.

Her final sentence: "I'm so proud of you, America!" Oscar-nominated director

("Selma") tweeted a video that shows

with

what is

probably the most famous exclamation from his TV career.

Trump calls out: "You are fired".

Probably the strongest reaction to the election victory of

and the defeat of Donald Trump was probably Van Jones *.

The Obama administration's CNN expert, civil rights activist, and environmental expert cried live in front of the camera when the election results were announced.

It is now easier to be a father in the USA and to be able to explain to your sons that character counts and it counts to be a good person.

(Mirko Schmid) * fr.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network

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