COMMENT: The meeting between the two at the first family's home will be awkward with a capital A.

As the dust settles on Donald Trump's stunning victory, the political currents he rode to the White House are becoming clear.

Trump supporters may be in a state of "Trumphoria" in the days following the US election, after months of being "sneered at" by political media.

The golden rule of broadcasting: make sure your mic is off before you drop a reference to the potential new First Lady's assets.

She has been accused of being an unfeeling robot. But in the face of brutal and resounding defeat, there was real pain.

Hollywood's biggest A-list stars have taken to social media, freaking out about Donald Trump's victory.

One man's prescient political analysis about the US presidential election was on the money.

TRUMP PROFILE: How a ravenous desire for money, power and women was forged even before the president-elect was born.

Amanda Richards has been shedding tears throughout the day as she suffers from Trumpression.

Cartoonists have reacted to Donald Trump's surprise victory over Hillary Clinton with their own unique takes on the US election result.

COMMENT: Raw ego and proud illiteracy have won out and a severely learning-disabled man with a real character problem will be president.

As the rest of the world reacts with shock to news Donald Trump will be the next US President, one man in particular is thrilled.

Protests have broken out across the United States following news of Donald Trump's election victory.

If you thought millions of Americans were overwhelmed by Donald Trump's election, take a gander at how the rest of the world is reacting.

President Obama called for unity in his first address to the nation following Trump's stunning victory, praising Clinton's "historic" fight.

Glamorous and accomplished, it is hoped Melania Trump can shine a positive light on Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton has shared her sadness after her election defeat as Barack Obama says he is now rooting for Donald Trump to unite the country.

Donald Trump is the president-elect of the United States of America, and he did it by completely blowing up the electoral map.

The rest of the world is coming to grips with the reality of Donald Trump leading the free world. This is how the world reacted.

COMMENT: He was the slime that oiled the old, deserted machinery of American politics, and got it running.

Clinton paid the price for a largely negative campaign.

Perhaps the best feature of the American electoral system is that it gives us two and a half months to recover our composure before the new president takes office.

Donald Trump has said he will demand Nato partners contribute more to their own defence if they want US protection.

Anxiety and disbelief mounted among US allies, but Europe's far right exulted today, as Donald Trump swept the votes to win the US presidential race.

The new leader of the free world is President Donald Trump - while Hillary Clinton concedes defeat and fails to show at her own HQ. Here's how it unfolded.

United States Secretary of State John Kerry quietly slipped into New Zealand today as Donald Trump stunned the world in the race to the White House.

Donald Trump has promised that as president he will honour the pledge stitched into his white and red baseball caps: Make America Great Again.

A ridiculously expensive bar, creepy cake and glass encased memorabilia are all part of Trump's election party. It was never going to be normal.

Singer Demi Lovato has issued an apology to her 39 million Twitter followers for a "joke" she posted about the US election.