'Surprised, shocked and scared' say people in Times Square at Trump winning U.S. presidency

Record ID: 79523

  • Title: 'Surprised, shocked and scared' say people in Times Square at Trump winning U.S. presidency
  • Date: 9th November 2016
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) PASSERBY, CHRIS COHEN, SAYING: "I think America got what it's deserved but I don't think it's as bad as what people think. There's going to be a drop off right now, obviously the S&P, the Dow is trending down, but I think things will level out a little bit at a time and then once he appoints a cabinet, once he appoints what he wants to do with the country, could go up, could go down, but the status quo is still in place with the Senate and the House, so I don't think a lot of things will change that much. But I think more it's going to be how people react to his presidency initially, how the American electorate's going to react to the people that didn't like him getting elected and the people that liked him getting elected and how they'll interact. So, I think that's the biggest issue we have to deal with." PEOPLE WALKING IN TIMES SQUARE VARIOUS OF TICKER SCREENS SHOWING TRUMP
  • Embargoed: 24th November 2016 08:41
  • Keywords: Hillary Clinton Donald Trump concede president Times Square U.S. president
  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA00357Q4EH3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: People in Times Square expressed concern after Republican Donald Trump stunned the world on Wednesday (November 9) by defeating heavily favored Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States on a new, uncertain path.
    "I'm honestly surprised," said Anthony Agli. "I voted for Hillary Clinton. He just doesn't seem fit to be a president. It does show that the United States needs change but the direction that he's looking for it to go is just not viable, it's just full of hatred and I just don't agree with it."
    "I don't think that he's qualified enough, but I don't think that Hillary is qualified enough either. I honestly wish Obama could just run for a third term," said Will.
    "I'm surprised, I'd say shocked, scared, because I didn't think Trump was someone who was ever able going to be president," said Jasmine Briscoe. "He's not a politician at all, he's a businessman and he's someone who's saying a bunch of things to get people riled up and it worked. I mean it's crazy to think that people can be triggered by such hateful speech and that incites them to vote for someone who's just, bigoted and racist and it's really terrifying."
    A wealthy real-estate developer and former reality TV host, Trump rode a wave of anger toward Washington insiders to defeat Clinton, whose gold-plated establishment resume includes stints as a first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state.
    "I think America got what it's deserved but I don't think it's as bad as what people think," said Chris Cohen. "There's going to be a drop off right now, obviously the S&P, the Dow is trending down, but I think things will level out a little bit at a time and then once he appoints a cabinet, once he appoints what he wants to do with the country, could go up, could go down, but the status quo is still in place with the Senate and the House, so I don't think a lot of things will change that much."
    Victorious in a cliffhanger race that opinion polls had forecast was Clinton's to win, Trump won avid support among a core base of white non-college educated workers with his promise to be the "greatest jobs president that God ever created."
    His win raises a host of questions for the United States at home and abroad. He campaigned on a pledge to take the country on a more isolationist, protectionist "America First" path. He has vowed to impose a 35 percent tariff on goods exported to the United States by U.S. companies that went abroad.
    The presidency will be his first elected office, and it remains to be seen how he will work with Congress. During the campaign Trump was the target of sharp disapproval, not just from Democrats but from many in his own party.
    He has offered vague plans to win economic concessions from China, to build a wall on the southern U.S. border with Mexico to keep out undocumented immigrants and to pay for it with tax money sent home by migrants.
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