A city divided? New York reacts to Donald Trump’s election win

New York reacts to Trump's election winSource: The Independent

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00:00I like everything about Trump because he's an honest man.

00:02It's a positive day, very positive.

00:05I was surprised, didn't expect him to win.

00:07He won it, he did better than Kamala.

00:10I have no idea what's in store for us at this point.

00:14I'm scared just based off of everything that's happened over the last eight years.

00:18He was able to resonate and play on to the fears that a lot of people had

00:23with the economy and immigration.

00:25I'm hoping that the border will be taken care of.

00:28They should close it, we have too many illegal immigrants here,

00:32especially bad illegal immigrants.

00:35They should just deport them.

00:36He's going to shut down the border, that's the only thing I care about right now.

00:40It feels like the rule of law isn't really applied anymore and I'm scared.

00:46What matters to me is how we treat other people and so my concern is that sometimes

00:51the language he uses I think disenfranchises people or puts down people or makes them feel

00:56like they're not important.

00:58He's a New Yorker, he's aggressive.

01:01He's got something on his mind, he's going to do it.

01:05And that's the type of person the United States needs.

01:07I hate to think of how many people just are bought into the fear and the hate.

01:12If you wouldn't lay your daughter in a roof with him,

01:14why would you vote for him?

01:16He says that he's going to be the president for everybody,

01:18so we'll have to hold him accountable to that.

01:20Just given his record, do you think that's likely,

01:23that he can be the president for everybody?

01:25Whether I like it or not, he's going to be, so he needs to fulfill it.

01:30And I hope both sides of the aisle, Democrats and Republicans,

01:33just can hold him accountable to that.

01:35You've described him as aggressive.

01:36Is that something that America needs right now?

01:39Of course.

01:40We need somebody to step on these people and put us where we're supposed to be.

01:44Is there anything that he could do that would put you off him at this point?

01:48Nah.