Reaction from around the world:

Russia

"Alas, it is the lot of the American people, like the peoples of many other countries around the world, to clean up the bloody mess created by politicians - by no means exclusively or perhaps even predominantly by American politicians. If politicians are not brought to their senses, what happened will look like a trifle compared to what lies ahead. "

Boris Pankin, the last Soviet Foreign Minister.
Moscow Times, RUSSIA

ALAS - unfortunately

PREDOMINANTLY - mainly

TRIFLE - something not important