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One local political analyst is shocked at Donald Trump emerging victorious over Kamala Harris.

Dr Winford James says the polls had the race being close, but Republican Trump ended up winning by a wide margin.

And, he says Trinidad and Tobago should always be concerned about Trump and his actions.
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00:00The U.S. presidential election.
00:07One local political analyst is shocked at Donald Trump emerging victorious over Kamala
00:12Harris.
00:13Dr. Winford James says the polls held the race being close, but Republican Trump ended
00:18up winning by a wide margin, and he says Trinidad and Tobago should always be concerned about
00:23Trump and his actions.
00:27Whatever advantages we have been saying that we are deriving from the gas deals with Venezuela
00:35are things that are very tenuous.
00:40The beliefs that we have and the comfort that we have are very tenuous because you never
00:47know when, behind the scenes at least, Trump could put pressure on our government to cease
00:55or turn back the arrangements that we are so happy, that is to say the government, that
01:02we have made with Venezuela.
01:04So you have that, and then I think you have to also wonder, since they are going after
01:13undocumented immigrants, you wonder if some of our fellow Trinidadians and Tobogonians
01:23living in the United States, living both legally and illegally there, whether they
01:30will be affected.
01:32Dr. James says given the enthusiasm supporters showed for Kamala Harris, he was shocked at
01:39the outcome of the presidential race.
01:41He adds that it's amazing that Trump, who the courts found to be a criminal, was still
01:46able to campaign and eventually win.
01:50So frankly, I was disappointed that that was the case, but also I believe in democracy.
01:56Not that I am impressed by American democracy.
02:01There are different kinds, as you know.
02:04I was frankly disappointed because I really thought, given all the transgressions and
02:11trespasses of Mr. Trump, the supremacist underbelly of white America came through in
02:22this campaign and came through with alarming effect because there are people like me who
02:31thought the dream was going to be more accessible, who have lost desire, really desire
02:41to go to America and live there.
02:45Chairman of the Tobago arm of the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce,
02:49Curtis Williams, is seeing changes in foreign policies in light of President-elect Donald
02:53Trump and his win at the U.S. elections on Wednesday morning.
02:58I see changes coming in on the horizon.
03:02We're talking about changes in foreign diplomatic policies in terms of let's look at the tariff,
03:08let's look at all those foreign things, even dealing with the dragon gas deal.
03:13That's such an important thing that we all have to keep our ears on the ground because
03:19things could change overnight on that in terms of sanctions and different things that could
03:23happen, and it could affect our arrangement we have with Venezuela.
03:27So it's something that we must keep close to our heart going forward.
03:32Chief Secretary Farley Augustine has congratulated the United States of America for holding free
03:38and fair elections.
03:39The chief secretary told TV6 News, congratulations to the American people who participated in
03:45their democratically held election in overwhelming numbers.
03:49Like the rest of the world, we look forward to seeing a peaceful transition of power,
03:53and we anxiously await the incoming president's policies towards Latin America and the Caribbean
03:59and, in particular, Trinidad and Tobago.
04:03Outside of that, it is not the policy of the THA to be overly concerned or to meddle
04:07in the internal affairs of other countries.
04:12The political leader of the National Transformation Alliance, former police commissioner Gary
04:16Griffith, has extended his sincere congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump on his victory
04:22in the United States presidential election.
04:26In a letter addressed to Mr. Trump, Mr. Griffith said, the election emphasizes the power of
04:31the democratic electoral process, where citizens are empowered to participate and make decisions
04:36with a shared sense of responsibility for shaping their own future.
04:41Mr. Griffith wrote that as Mr. Trump assumes office and begins the rollout of appointments,
04:47he looks forward to welcoming and meeting with Mr. Trump's appointed ambassador to Trinidad
04:51and Tobago to engage in the furtherance of shared security discussions as was undertaken
04:57with the late Ambassador Mondello.
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