Londoners relive Brexit shock on Trump win news

Londoners relived the shock of the Brexit referendum result as they woke up Thursday (November 9) morning to the news Donald Trump had won the U.S. Presidential election.

As City workers hunched under umbrellas in the pouring rain, they had one thing in common.

“It’s like Brexit isn’t it? It’s a surprise to everybody, you don’t expect that to happen,” Richard Jekiel said referring to the surprise result of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union earlier this year.

“The expression ‘You’ve been Trumped’ again is going to be coming out in the near future,” he added.

“It’s going to be quite uncertain today, I think on the financial markets, and things could see quite a lot of problems, unfortunately,” Ollie Smith said.

Others were “saddened” along with surprised, while some saw the humour in the result of America’s unconventional presidential race.

“You’ve got a good businessman in the White House but he’s got some crazy ideas,” said Paul Sinclair.

Republican Donald Trump stunned the world by defeating heavily favored Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s presidential election, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States on a new, uncertain path.