New York Times editorial calls Trump’s victory a | Gossip Wire

The New York Times editorial board was despondent over President-elect Donald Trump’s decisive victory, declaring his return to energy was a “grave threat” to the republic.

“American voters have made the choice to return Donald Trump to the White House, setting the nation on a precarious course that no one can fully foresee,” the board wrote on Wednesday, later including, “Mr. Trump’s election poses a grave menace to [the] republic, however he is not going to decide the long-term destiny of American democracy. That consequence stays within the arms of the American…