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#MeanwhileInCanada: Canadians React To U.S. Election

Canadians are not ready for a President Trump.
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As the U.S. presidential election raged on, some Canadians were freaking out over a potential Trump in the White House.

#MeanwhileInCanada was an outlet for America's northern neighbour to stress out over who would be the 45th U.S. president.

It looked a lot like Canadians were going through the five stages of grief:

Some didn't think it was possible for Trump to come close to winning. As the states turned red, many kept the faith that Americans would vote for Hillary Clinton:

But then it became clear that it the race was closer than first projected. Enter the second stage...

When that didn't work, others tried to reason with U.S. citizens through the third stage of grief.

Many called for a wall between the two countries. As the jokes dried up, in came the fourth stage.

And then, finally for some:

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World Reaction to U.S. Election
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“Brussels is breathing again. The reelection of Barack Obama, on Tuesday 6 November is a relief for european diplomacy," (credit:Getty Images)
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"Now the really hard work begins – the work of becoming the great reconciler he vowed to be in his first term, but never became." (credit:AP)
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"Obama's re-election misses the brilliance of 4 years ago, but the satisfaction is even bigger" (credit:AP)
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"Breathe a sigh of relief, Australia - had Mitt Romney won the day, it would have made for an ugly time with our big alliance partner." (credit:Getty Images)
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"Among the many variables, the one that helped the Obama vote most was the emerging Hispanic population, especially sensitive to the Republican party's anti-immigration policies and the promises against those policies from the President." (credit:AP)
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"Dilma Rousseff’s government estimates that the result of the US election will not affect what interests most Brazil from a practical point of view: the commercial relations between the two countries." (credit:AP)
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"President Vladimir Putin has congratulated U.S. President Barack Obama on his re-election, while Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed relief that Russia wouldn’t have to deal with Mitt Romney.Other Russian politicians cheered Obama’s victory as a sign that relations between the two countries would continue to improve under a “reset” started by Obama during his first term." (credit:AP)
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"In the end, US President Barack Obama won re-election on the issue that was supposed to send him packing: the country's sluggish economy." (credit:AP)
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"Obama has another four year to maintain the promises he made four years ago, those he wasn’t able to maintain because of the crisis and the opposition in Congress." (credit:AP)
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"Mr Obama’s victory will raise mixed emotions in London. Mr Cameron will probably be pleased, having alienated Republicans with his aloof attitude to Mr Romney. At least he has a friend of similar age and outlook, who he knows he can work with. However, right-wing Conservatives will rue the fact that a Republican has missed the chance to get into the White House to show their man how it’s done." (credit:AP)
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"Although Obama’s relatively non-interventionist and multilateral foreign policy will not shift much in its direction, expectations are high that he will be much more engaged with global affairs in his second term." (credit:AP)
Guardian (UK)(12 of12)
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"Mr Obama's win is good for Americans, good for America, and good for the world." (credit:Getty Images)

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