Leicester is heartbroken: Here’s how you reacted to Trump being President

Congratulations America, you’ve really messed it up this time.

Donald Trump, a man famous for his racist, misogynistic and homophobic outbursts, has just become the 45th President of the United States.

Election night was filled with surprises. Trump won Ohio, then Florida, then Pennsylvania – all critical swing states which most data geeks predicted would be won by Clinton. As the votes began to pour in for Trump, social media declared the end was near for America and even the Canadian Immigration website crashed. It was that kind of night.

Most Leicester students flooded down to the Loaded Dog to watch the night unfold. At first, people were in good spirits cheerfully drinking cocktail pitchers to the thought of Clinton as the next and first female President of the United States. But by about 2am, the atmosphere quickly darkened as people saw their worst nightmare coming alive.

Trump was doing well and so people turned to drowning their sorrows in tequila and sambuca shots. Every time Trump won another state, loud booes would erupt throughout the bar. Was this really happening? the man who said “grab her by the pussy” was on his way to becoming the leader of the free world.

If only there was an option to have Obama for another four years.

2016 has been a tragic year. We stupidly thought that we would never the leave the EU and we stupidly thought that Trump wouldn’t become President. But how wrong we turned out to be on both.

What happens next is anyone’s guess but with a Republican controlled Senate, House and White House, the future looks bleak for America. Only time will tell if Trump does decide to build his great wall along the border and deport the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in America.

The Clinton-Trump spectacle has come to an end but now we are about to begin a completely new show.