World leaders have begun congratulating Donald Trump on his election win as people around the world anxiously wait to see how their country will engage with the new US president. Australia’s prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, discussed trade, regional security and how to defeat Isis – a key promise in Trump’s election campaign. I simply hope Trump will become a president for all US citizens, as is his duty, and reign in the hateful extremist tendencies displayed by white Americans. As long as he limits himself to rhetoric and doesn’t dare turn rhetoric into reform, I think the world will be safe. I hope he does not influence other world leaders to become more like him or Putin – excessive, dominant and ultimately ineffective heads of repressive countries.

Source: The Guardian November 11, 2016 14:04 UTC