‘How could this happen?’: World’s media reacts to Trump’s US election victory

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Die Zeit, Germany’s biggest weekly newspaperpaper, led its website with a reaction piece headlined simply with the English word : ‘F***’, while it’s front page had noted prior to the vote that the world was “holding its breath”, illustated using a sinister image of Mr Trump. open image in gallery In a play on Mr Trump’s distinctive hue, while quoting his victory speech, The Metro ran with the headline: “America’s Golden Age”, colouring the second word orange. open image in gallery The Independent described Mr Trump’s victory as the “greatest comeback in US political history”, after he defied both the polls and a criminal record to become the first Republican to win the popular vote since George Bush in 2004. open image in gallery Scotland’s Daily Record splashed with a picture of Mr Trump titled “The star spangled banner”, under a strapline reading: “America decides: The 2nd dumbing”. Underneath, it stated: “US votes for another four years of Trump, and abortion bans, the ‘largest mass deportation operation in American history’, abandoning Ukraine, bonkers trade tariffs, abolition of the education department, climate denial.” open image in gallery The Namibian carried a photograph of Mr Trump kissing the American flag, headlined: “It’s this man’s world.”