--- title: See How Newspapers Around the World Signaled Trump's Victory description: See the responses of the international media to Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election. canonical: https://time.com/4564082/newspapers-world-trump-victory/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-09T14:50:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:43:56.213Z article:section: Politics og:title: See How Newspapers Around the World Signaled Trump's Victory og:description: See the responses of the international media to Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election. og:url: https://time.com/4564082/newspapers-world-trump-victory/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See How Newspapers Around the World Signaled Trump's Victory twitter:description: See the responses of the international media to Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See How the World's Newspapers Reported Donald Trump Victory > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Nov 9, 2016 2:50 PM UTC by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Nov 9, 2016 2:50 PM UTC Donald Trump’s [victory in the U.S. presidential election](http://time.com/4563685/donald-trump-wins/?xid=homepage), which was confirmed early Wednesday after a tight race with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, has been plastered on the front covers of the world’s newspapers. The Republican candidate swept to victory in a surprise [result](http://time.com/4563946/election-2016-donald-trump-victory-how/?xid=homepage) that followed months of bitter and divisive campaigning, with Clinton [conceding defeat](http://fortune.com/2016/11/09/us-presidential-election-results-2016-hillary-clinton/) in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Newspaper outlets around the world have printed reactions to the result across their front pages, with many expressing shock at one of the biggest surprises in modern political history. Spanish publication _El Periódico_ printed the headline “God forgive America” in front of a gesturing Trump, while Britain’s the _Guardian_ called the race “a brutal contest that has riven America.” Daily French newspaper _Libération_ simply printed the word “Trumpocalypse”. Closer to home, “Trump Triumphs” covers the front pages of the _New York Times_ and the _Washington Post_. The _New York Daily News_ emblazoned the title “House of Horrors” across an image of the White House, to which Trump has been invited by President Obama for a [meeting on Thursday](http://time.com/4564027/obama-congratulates-trump/).  The Washington Post  The Daily News New York Daily News  USA TODAY  Liberation, France  "Populist States of America" on La Razon, Spain  The Wall Street Journal  The Daily Telegraph, Australia  The Times, U.K.  El Financiero, Mexico  The Daily Telegraph, U.K.  L'Echo, Belgium  "Trump's Sprint", Il Secolo XIX, Italy  Toronto Star, Canada  "God forgive America", El Periodico, Spain ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4564082/newspapers-world-trump-victory/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4564082/newspapers-world-trump-victory/"},"headline":"See How the World's Newspapers Reported Donald Trump Victory","datePublished":"2016-11-09T14:50:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:43:56.213Z","description":"TIME's round-up of the latest front page reactions","url":"https://time.com/4564082/newspapers-world-trump-victory/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","White House","photography","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suyin Haynes","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4564082/newspapers-world-trump-victory/","name":"See How the World's Newspapers Reported Donald Trump Victory"}}]}] ```