Donald Trump and Barack Obama meet for the first time.
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The election of Donald Trump has awoken a streak of authoritarianism in America that is incompatible with it leading with liberal democratic ideals.
News of Trump’s election has had a deep impact on global climate talks now going on.
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Memo To Marrakech: If the U.S. drops the mantle of global leadership on climate, here are the rest of the world’s options on how to react.
Michael Hogan
The US election confirmed the death of an extraordinary economic era. Now, control of the next must be wrested from the emboldened nationalists.
Nivaldo Pereira
Donald Trump doesn’t represent as much uncertainty for markets as you might think.
Delegates in Marrakech are hoping the winds of change in Washington don’t blow climate action off course.
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The halls of the Marrakech climate summit have been filled with fearful talk about Donald Trump’s presidency. But there is hope that the Paris climate treaty can weather the political storm.
Jerry Falwell Jr. at the 2016 Republican convention.
EPA/Shawn Thew
The US religious right has voted for someone who apparently contravenes some of its core values.
Clinton: crucified by the religious right?
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Want to know why Hillary isn’t president? Just turn to the Bible.
Markets have risen in response to President-elect Trump, particularly in the pharmaceutical and financial industries.
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World markets bounced back surprisingly quickly after Trump’s election. Here are a few theories as to why.
Muslims do have important reasons to worry about a Trump presidency. But it may not be all doom and gloom.
REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
A Trump presidency may not be all doom and gloom for Muslims. Yes, there is cause for concern but there is reason for optimism too.
What if people don’t tell pollsters the truth?
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The polls convinced many that Clinton was headed to the White House. But the polls were misleading – and one behavioral scientist thinks emotion led respondents to mislead pollsters on purpose.
Donald Trump’s triumph in the US presidential contest caught many off-guard, including Australia’s politicians.
A US withdrawal would be game over for the Paris Agreement, but there’s still hope for the climate.
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November 9 will likely become the day that the Paris Agreement died, but not when the goal of limiting warming to 2°C slipped out of reach.
Donald Trump’s fiscal policies will struggle to meet both his rhetoric and his supporters’ expectations.
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Trump’s trickle-down economic ideas to cut taxes and invest in infrastructure may not go to plan. So it’s not the type of fiscal policy leadership the world needs.
Donald Trump must now work with his new colleagues on Capitol Hill to deliver on his election commitments.
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Understandably, there is considerable global confusion, and some concern, as to just how Trump will govern.
Trumpisms at your fingertips.
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What can future politicians learn from the president-elect’s social media presence while on the campaign trail?
The final count.
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From undetected late swings, to pollster ‘herding’.
Michael Vadon
If we’re living in a ‘post-truth’ world, the press must take much of the blame.
President Barack Obama entering the Oval Office. Americans have not come to terms with deep racial fissures, despite electing a black president.
Reuters/Joshua Roberts
Since the future is so uncertain, South Africa’s best response to Trump’s election is to learn the lessons of its causes.
Transferrable skills include ribbon cutting.
EPA/Shawn Thew
Donald Trump has never held public office, but executive and global leadership are wholly interlinked so business offers some important lessons for the president-elect.
Donald Trump brings aggression into the US Presidency that threatens world stability.
REUTERS/Stephen Lam
One of the messages coming out of Donald Trump’s victory is that his supporters are rejecting the tolerance and cosmopolitanism of the past 30 years.