President-elect Trump has sparked controversy for some of his comments, including proposing to build a wall along the Mexican border and dismissing lewd remarks he made in 2005 about women as ‘locker-room talk’.
However, the Republican candidate swept to victory and in January is due to formally take the Presidential oath, with the world now left to ponder what impact his election will have.
Meanwhile, Americans, including those no longer living in the US, are contemplating their country’s future with the man known simply as ‘the Donald’ in charge
The JEP spoke to Americans living in the Island about the shock result – read Thursday’s paper to see what they had to say.
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