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The Guardian has offered its journalists free counseling and mental health support to help them process Donald Trump’s win in the US election, according to an internal email seen by Guido Fawkes, a British political gossip blog.

Written by editor-in-chief Katharine Viner, the email was sent to the liberal paper’s employees on Wednesday, Guido Fawkes claimed.

“I know the result has been very upsetting for many colleagues,” Viner wrote. “Our US teams in particular have covered the election with brilliant reporting…They will be most directly affected by the result. If you’re not in the US, do contact your American colleagues to offer your support.”

“It’s upsetting for many others, too,” she continued. “If you want to talk about it, your manager and members of the leadership team are all available, as the People team. There is also free access to free support services, which I’ve outlined at the end of this email.”

The Guardian’s British staff were told that they can avail themselves of a 24/7 online general practitioner, mental health support, and “virtual wellbeing tools.” Staff in Australia were told that they can access “confidential, impartial professional counseling and support.”

“Something tells Guido all the counseling in the world won’t cure them of Trump Derangement Syndrome,” the gossip site joked.

Trump won a resounding victory against Kamala Harris on Tuesday, defeating the vice president in all seven battleground states and winning the popular vote – a feat not achieved by a Republican since George W. Bush beat John Kerry in 2004. Harris underperformed President Joe Biden’s 2020 result in all 3,144 US counties, while Trump dramatically increased his support from black, Latino, and young voters across the US, particularly males.

The Guardian is not the only institution whose employees apparently need therapy after the election. Dow Constantine, the chief executive of King County in the US state of Washington, emailed county employees on Wednesday offering “emotional support” services, while Harvard University Dean Rakesh Khurana canceled classes to give students “space to process” the results.

https://www.rt.com/news/607305-guardian-therapy-trump-win/

 

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Rudd deletes....

Canberra’s ambassador to the US and former Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has deleted all of his social media posts and articles on his website criticizing Donald Trump following the Republican’s victory in the US presidential election this week.

Previously, Rudd described Trump as “the most destructive president in history” and a “traitor of the West,” and accused him of “dragging America and democracy through the mud.”

However, after Trump’s victory, Rudd appeared to change his tune and congratulated the president-elect on his win in a post on X, writing: “Australians and Americans are long-standing friends, partners and allies,”and that “Australia looks forward to working closely with President Trump and his Administration on the challenges and opportunities that our two great democracies and the wider world will face in the years ahead.”

In addition to his post, Rudd’s office released a statement announcing that he has scrubbed his past criticisms of Trump “out of respect for the office of the President of the United States.” His office explained that these comments were made while Rudd served as the head of an independent US-based think tank and made regular commentaries on American politics. 

The statement added that Rudd’s disparaging statements about Trump were deleted in order to “eliminate the possibility of such comments being misconstrued as reflecting his positions as Ambassador and, by extension, the views of the Australian Government.” It was also noted that “Rudd looks forward to working with President Trump and his team to continue strengthening the US-Australia alliance.” 

Earlier this year, Trump responded to some of Rudd’s comments, telling the UK’s Nigel Farage he had heard that the Australian ambassador was “a little bit nasty” and “not the brightest bulb.”

“I don’t know much about him. If he’s at all hostile, he will not be there long,” Trump warned.

Meanwhile, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who previously called Trump a “woman-hating, neo-Nazi sympathizing sociopath,” has also seemingly changed his tune, congratulating the president-elect on his victory and stating that the British government looks forward to working with him.

https://www.rt.com/news/607280-australia-ambassador-trump-posts/

 

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