The US Election: Is this Brexit mark 2?

The UK woke up to the news this morning that Republican candidate Donald Trump had beaten Hillary Clinton to become the 45th President of the US.
The result was met with surprise in many quarters. Polls had suggested Clinton held a significant lead and that Trump would have to pull off a huge surprise to get in. In reality he easily got to the 270 electoral college votes required to move to the White House, despite losing to Clinton in the popular vote.
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