In the press - Joe Biden elected President of the United States: "Time to heal?"

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Joe Biden's presidential victory in the United States is of course the front page of all the American and foreign press this morning.

For the American dailies, there is no room for doubt: the 46th President of the United States is indeed Joe Biden, whose running mate, Kamala Harris, will be the first woman of color to land this position in the United States.

"Biden defeats Trump", headlines

soberly

, by evoking "the legion of women and voters from minorities" who sent the Democratic ticket to the White House, by "rejection of the management of the pandemic by Donald Trump, and his divisive and brutal practice of power ”.

"Biden defeats Trump," repeats

, like a mantra, like pinching yourself to make sure you are awake after a nightmare.

"The race is over, and a record number of voters took part," said the newspaper, satisfied to see the end of Donald Trump's "chaotic" mandate - his one and only mandate, which had not happened since George W. Sr., defeated in 1992 by Bill Clinton.

"Biden wins", exults

: "Pennsylvania supported the child of the country, and offered him the victory", moved the newspaper - happy, too, to see Kamala Harris become the first woman of color to become vice-president.

“It's Joe's Time”: “After 144 million votes, five days of counting and narrowly won victories in the“ rust belt ”states, the“ rust belt ”, America has finally given his verdict, ”says

.

The American press does not hide its relief.

Since the announcement of the victory of Joe Biden,

published not one but two editorials, the first, ironic addressing Donald Trump: "M

the president you are fired! ”

- in reference to the famous formula that had made his glory in the days of The Apprentice, the reality TV show that had definitely launched him on the front of the media scene, and a second editorial dedicated to Joe Biden, presented as the candidate who succeeded in "dispelling the darkness".

greeted him with lyricism "A victory for Biden, finally".

"Now that they have been able to measure the abyss of autocratic nationalism, the American people have chosen to back down": the newspaper notes that, of course, the counting of the votes "will continue for a few days", but that the figures are there: “Joe Biden will have the votes of the 270 electorate voters needed to win the race for the White House and certainly more.

Donald Trump's assault on American democratic institutions and values ​​will soon end ”.

The conservative press bows.

does not believe in Donald Trump's chances of challenging anything: "Yes, Trump has the right to fight in court, but he will have to prove that there is a fraud," warns the newspaper , with a certain fatalism: "No doubt it was inevitable that the campaign for the re-election of Donald Trump would end as it had started, with an outgoing president proclaiming victory, and opponents accusing him of being a potential fascist. ".

Faced with this polarization, these antagonisms, the daily warns the president-elect: "What the Americans want are moderate, bipartisan, and common sense solutions to face the serious problems they have to face. face ”.

Unsurprisingly, foreign dailies also welcome with joy and relief the victory of Joe Biden - who has promised that he will be, precisely, "the president of all Americans".

"It's Joe" reads the friendly headline

, the Sunday version of the

, the British daily.

"Sleeping Joe wakes America", ironically his colleagues from the

, using the nickname used by Donald Trump to designate his opponent.

"Time to Heal":

quotes Joe Biden's statement last night: "The Bible tells us that there is a time for everything, a time to build, a time to reap, a a time to sow and a time to heal.

Now is the time to heal in America, ”said this practicing Catholic, the second president of this denomination in the history of the United States, after Kennedy.

The foreign press is sensitive to the call for unity launched by Joe Biden.

In the Middle East, the Emirati daily

also highlights the diversity of the new American executive, male and female, and the irresistible rise of Kamala Harris.

The new president, of Jamaican and Indian origin, is visibly the pride of her mother's native country: "We did it, Joe, says Kamala", headline this morning in the Sunday version of The

.

In Europe, German magazine

believes Joe Biden will return his head to the Statue of Liberty - a reference to a previous issue of the weekly, which showed Donald Trump beheading her.

"Mission: United States", launches the Portuguese newspaper

for the president-elect - which he shows clenching his fists, ready to continue fighting.

In Italy,

turned to English for the occasion: “American beauty”, “American beauty” moved the newspaper, in reference, this time, to Sam Mendes' film… on an ordinary family who ends up tearing itself apart.

Healing America from its heartbreaks: the task that awaits Joe Biden promises to be titanic, especially if Donald Trump sets out to add fuel to the fire, to exercise his power of nuisance during the 75 days he he remains in the White House.

The transition period dreads the

, which hopes the billionaire will be content, in the days to come, to indulge his passion for golf - which he was doing when his defeat was announced to the world.

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