Will's Word: Trump reclaims the White House in a divided America

The biggest story in the world at the moment, Donald Trump has pulled off perhaps one of the greatest political comebacks of all time to secure the presidency of the United States.

Of course he smoked Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in last night's US presidential election. Boy some will be shell-shocked, some will be celebrating, but ultimately I think we can all agree it was a stunning result. Either side of the fence, right?

This is a man with 34 felony counts, one conviction, two cases pending, two impeachments, and six bankruptcies. In fact, that's on the cover of Vanity Fair this morning. How on earth did all this happen? You know, does humanity not prevail? Apparently not in the United States.

And it begs the question, what kind of president will Trump be? Given how divided the US is at the moment, will he be the great unifier that that country needs? I highly doubt it, given his views and opinions, and controversial, well, opinions, like I say. It's also pretty devastating if you look at the polling up until the US election.

The polling suggested that it was going to be a tight race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. That could not have been further from the truth, taking a look at the election results last night.

From the outset, it looked as though Trump was already in the lead from the beginning. And so did the polling give Democrats perhaps a false sense that Kamala Harris was going to win this, or that a false sense that this election was close when in reality it really wasn't.

And what result, or perhaps what does the result actually mean for the US? How divided are urban and rural areas? How divided are Democrats and Republicans?

I also think a great shame out of this is that the United States continues without a female president. This is the second time now where this just has not eventuated.

Of course, we had Hillary Clinton in 2016, Kamala Harris last night. That glass ceiling still has not been shattered, yet to be shattered. And so there'll be a lot of soul searching within the Democrats.

Where to now for them? What talent do they have to put forward? And where does the blame sit? Biden? Should he have vacated the seat long ago? Perhaps? Nancy Pelosi? For getting in Biden's ear and pretty much telling him to get out of the gig? I mean, there's so many what-ifs. Could Biden have won last night? But also, could he have gone on? The man stumbles too much.

The bigger question in the context for us, for you and I, is what does it mean for us? Now Trump has a pro-America stance, and I will not diminish that. I think it's great that you've got a leader who is all for his country. But what does that mean for our economy? What does that mean for us? The investment that the Biden administration has made in the Pacific, will that go under Trump?

Climate change policy under Trump? The United States should be at the forefront of climate change. They are arguably the biggest nation in the world.

And so other countries would follow its lead, but under Trump, I don't know.

If you are a Republican supporter or you are a Trump supporter, no doubt you'll be celebrating the results of today. And that's great, and I don't want to diminish that. But you have to ask, what kind of president will Trump be for the next four years? Will he give up power? All of that and more will be answered over the next four years.

That's Will's Word.