Thanks to Lucius Annaeus Seneca (see his comment below) for pointing me to Le Monde's editorial statement on Trump's election, which, as he says, agrees with Moira Donegan when she says American voters knew exactly what they were voting for when they chose Trump. My rough translation of the opening of the editorial (linked below):
"This time, they chose knowing exactly what they were choosing."
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2024/11/06/la-fin-d-un-monde-americain_6379283_3232.html