Many on social media were shocked, outraged, confused and giddy with disbelief as they faced the reality of a US presidency under Donald J Trump.
As Tuesday’s election night was heating up with a widely held expectation that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton would win the presidency, her Republican rival Donald Trump started picking up several key states.
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Here is a selection of tweets that capture this historic and astonishing moment in American politics:
https://twitter.com/MerikiKO/status/796170981798621184
This night is scarier than Halloween. #ElectionNight
— Jai Manny (@JaiManny) November 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/nicole_soojung/status/796176833184169985
https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/796201097086046208
https://twitter.com/fivek/status/796200781217234949
Post Brexit, no one thought it'd be possible to out-stupid Britain.
But you know America. Never one to back down from a challenge!— Melissa (@MissaMHx) November 9, 2016
How everyone in American feels right now. pic.twitter.com/gWxg5Mgb5w
— AJ+ (@ajplus) November 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/JuanMThompson/status/796200117284040708
How many of you are legit shocked that a reality TV show host is about to be president of the United States? How appropriate though, nah?
— Son of Baldwin (Robert Jones, Jr.) (@SonofBaldwin) November 9, 2016
I do have an Irish passport
— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) November 9, 2016
Just stress-ate 3 quarts of ice-cream, a bag of frozen peas & an entire tube of Crest toothpaste. Also, 2 sachets of silica gel & my phone.
— Angus McIntyre (@angusm) November 9, 2016
If you are STILL in denial about Trump's ability to win this election you have DISREGARDED the last 400 yrs of American history.
— Black Authority (@TheBlackChannel) November 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/NickMetalsMoore/status/796198124020756480
Sterling is up against the dollar! THIS IS A REALLY BAD SIGN
— Jonn Elledge is unwell (@JonnElledge) November 9, 2016
If Trump wins (if!) no U.S. official will ever be able to lecture any Muslim-majority nation ever again on the need to tackle 'extremism'.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) November 9, 2016
If Trump wins the election, my dear Muslim American brothers and sisters, may God be with you.
— whispered din 💄🍪🇲🇾 #PakaiMask (@skinnyondinie) November 9, 2016
Canadians should build a wall
— ود البيه (@khalidalbaih) November 9, 2016
This time around, being American and having such a stake in the idea, I couldn't apply the lessons learned from elsewhere. I couldn't do it
— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) November 9, 2016
The people: "Trump really can't win this election, America isn't THAT dumb"
America: pic.twitter.com/hHMDdZS7KJ— * (@KingAli10_) November 9, 2016
RT If You Knew Americans Were Stupid But You Didn't Think It Was This Bad
— Amaretto Sour Connoisseur (@DemiCaruso) November 9, 2016