Ko, a Hong Kong retiree, felt weighed down on Wednesday afternoon. His burden was the result of the US presidential election, and the reality that former Republican president Donald Trump would be returning to the White House for a second term after beating Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris. “I had a heavy heart, because Trump’s policies are selfish. He only cares about so-called US interests, rather than having a global worldview. [The Republican Party] is not like the Democratic Party, which cares about the values of democracy, equality, peace and gender,” Ko, who only provided his sur…