Mayor Mike Savage weighed the potential effects of a Donald Trump presidency on Halifax on Wednesday.

“To be very honest I’m disappointed,” Savage said of Tuesday night’s election results. “I’m a little bit worried for the world. But I also think that you can’t just hold up democracy as a great ideal when you win, you have to deal with it when your preferred candidate loses.”

Savage said he was shocked to see Trump beat Hilary Clinton in Tuesday’s U.S. federal election.