US Elections

Donald Trump is the new American president. He becomes the 45th president of the United States of America, following a bruising, divisive and most robust American election ever. Yet Trump is so far performing better than expected in the US presidential contest. As votes were counted across the United States, the Republican candidate won Ohio, Florida and North Carolina. Trump and his Democrat rival, Hilary Clinton, competing neck and neck to hit 270 electoral votes,Trump ended up wing nearly 290 electoral votes. Reactions have been widespread, To help us analyse what happened, we Chelsea Markowitz who is now Researcher of the Economic Diplomacy Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs:Professor John Stremlau from the Department International Relations at Wits University in South Africa,