Comeback kid's return to White House stuns many

US president-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House has surprised many in South Africa, with the results of the hard-fought race in yesterday.

- Eric Naki

Trump is expected to implement his much publicized policies to put America first through strict trade tariff policy restrictions and tough border control policing.

He hopes to ensure an end to the Ukraine-Russia war but will not give Israel a blank cheque for its continued bombing in Palestine, according to political analyst Prof Ntsikelelo Breakfast, director of the Centre for Security and Conflict Resolution at Nelson Mandela University.

"I did not see this one coming because Trump was neck-and-neck with Democratic rival Kamala Harris," Breakfast said.

"The strange thing is that he was confident of winning, even before the results were fully announced, because he gave thanks and a victory speech."