SBS World News Radio: Reaction to Donald Trump's win outside the United States has been mixed.
And Mr Trump's pre-election promise to build a wall between the US and Mexico has now pricked further apprehension south of the border.
Mexico's president, Enrique Pena Nieto says he's had a cordial conversation with Donald Trump to congratulate him, but Mexico's foreign minister, Claudia Ruiz Massieu, has already confirmed the country will not pay for a wall along the US border.
Mexican resident Enrique Alvarez says his country faces an uncertain future under a Trump presidency.
"The future in the short term is uncertain. It will generate turbulence due to the opinion of Donald Trump and his conservative economic policy. It has already hit Mexico and this election has affected the peso, which it shouldn't but that's in response to the fear with regards to the way Trump will govern."
Cuba has announced five days of military exercises to prepare for what it's calling "potential enemy actions."
Donald Trump promised to unwind the United States' thawing relations with Cuba.
Cuban resident Mayra Rosello fears Mr Trump will deliver on that promise.
"For Cuba, I think this is not the best (news), because we had already strengthened relations a little bit. There had been some improvement with the current power, with Obama. Many Cubans are uncertain about this new election of the president of the United States, since he has raised many negative things that affect the people of Cuba too."
Across the Atlantic, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May says she's prepared to work with the president-elect.
"I look forward to working with President-elect Trump. The American people have elected him as the next president of the United States. Britain and the United States share values of freedom, of democracy, of enterprise and I look forward to building on the special relationship we have between our two countries to ensure the security and prosperity of our two nations in the future."
The Foreign Minister of France, Jean-Marc Ayrault says his country has a number of questions for the new administration.
"The Paris agreement (on climate change) is a historical agreement, Donald Trump said he wanted to denounce it. The nuclear agreement with Iran, which is a peace agreement, multilateral agreement, he wants to denounce it as well. It is not without consequences. You also mention NATO, free trade agreements, what will be the consequences of all of that?"
In Cairo, political analyst Hesham Kassem says Donald Trump's victory augurs well for the bilateral relationship with Egypt.
"It'll probably mean better foreign-dual relations between Egypt and the United States than had Hillary made it. The anchor of Egyptian-American relations has always been the Pentagon and the Ministry of Defense, the CIA and the Intelligence, that has been the consistent part of Egyptian-American relations."
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is optimistic.
"A new era is beginning in the US with this decision. I hope that the American people's decision will lead to favourable steps being taken regarding fundamental rights and freedoms, democracy and development in our region. On behalf of myself and my people, I wish to evaluate the decision of the American people positively and wish them a successful future."
While the German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged the divisive nature of this year's US election.
"I congratulate the winner of the presidential elections of the United States of America, Donald Trump for his election victory. The United States are a venerable and old democracy. The campaign this year was a special one with sometimes confrontations that were difficult to bear."
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