(Newswire.net — January 23, 2017) —The whole world was watching the transition of power in America, and the reactions include a mixture of conflicting emotions. However, people mostly felt a sense of admiration and foreboding, reports The Voice of America (VOA).
According to VOA, reactions were mixed on Moscow’s streets. The “Russian Army” shop had set a flashing image of Donald Trump on an electronic billboard, offering a discount for U.S. citizens.
A pensioner, Lidia Vornova, said that people in Russia hope that the relations between Russia and America will move forward, and that the two countries will find a common language in relations with Syria.
The newspaper editor, who introduced himself as Sergei, said that Trump is the most controversial president in the history of the United States, but he hopes that Trump will gain the confidence of U.S citizens.
The day after the inauguration, a respected weekly magazine in Mexico, “Proceso”, issued a warning on its cover page that “War Is Coming”.
Jose Luis Lopez Aguirre, a media expert from the Pan American University in Mexico Shiites, said that Trump is “creating a community that is very adept at his aggressive, confrontational speech that tries to polarize the American society”. Agguire also added that not everything that Trump says is true.
However, his colleague from the Pan American University, Maria Lopez Gutirez, has a different view. She thinks that the potential threat coming from Trump is greatly exaggerated. “We should be waiting”, she advised.
As far as West Africa is concerned, VOA spoke with the residents of Nigeria and Niger, and they seemed encouraged by the new U.S. president and his administration.
Most people in West Africa hope that Trump will be able to unite the world, but there are those who are worried about his intents to ban the Muslims from entering the U.S.
In Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, Abdul Hadi Arez, a retired lawyer, said that he believes Trump will face some major challenges in foreign policy.
Emran Khan, a student from Kabul, is concerned about the arrival of the new president as he fears that Afghanistan will lose the help which they had received until now.
The student hopes that the United States will not resign from its efforts to eliminate the Taliban, because the commitment of the U.S. is necessary in order to secure the people of Afghanistan.