Donald Trump will become the 45th US President – leaving American expats in Notts in a divided state of disbelief, horror and joy.
Hundreds of American students gathered at the University of Nottingham to watch the results come in throughout the night.
The Republican nominee claimed swing states – winning Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, sending the mainly pro-Hillary Clinton crowd into shock.
Others who live and work here said they saw a difficult future for their homeland on the world stage.
Stephanie Palmer was raised in Ohio and now teaches American Literature at Nottingham Trent University.
She said: “I’m devastated and horrified, there were so many reasons not to vote for Trump yet so many people voted for him even in states that haven’t historically voted republican like Ohio.
“Women voters made a huge mistake in not giving the simple message of vote Hillary.
“I’ve heard nothing from my friends in the States apart from that they are shocked.
“I attended a panel about Trump at the Broadway Cinema the other night, it was a really constructive dialogue about him but I believe he will now be difficult to work with.
“For example he will act very business minded with Universities and encourage academics to public research that will help make money.
“It’s happened now so we need to think about how we can deal with him constructively – it’s going to be difficult.
“Being an American expat in the UK has been made easier since Brexit because no one can say there hasn’t been an emotive reaction to a vote.”
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Dimitrios Potsos from Nottingham University’s American Society said: “Of course this is one of the outcomes that every American thought about, maybe not the one that people expected with what the polls were showing prior to the election.
“I always told myself that no matter what the outcome may be, I certainly will accept the democratic vote the American people decided.
“As the American people wake up and people across the globe start realising this reality I think we will have to start taking realistic approaches to the new president of the United States.”
