Really shocked. I thought the popular vote would be close, but the electoral college shouldn't have been.

Fair play to him. He has turned politics on its head, by tapping into an anti-establishment undercurrent as well as a racist, bigoted, misogynist undercurrent separately.

If that's what the people want, then that's what they get.

I suspect he will be much more pragmatic as actual President. He is relatively socially liberal, just fiscally conservative.

But it is going to be fun seeing him try and apply his most outrageous policy suggestions - banning Muslims from entering the country (which he admittedly backtracked on), getting Mexico to build a multi-billion dollar wall, deporting 11.5m "illegals".

As well as the shock horror around the world he no doubt had a word in his ear that those crazy policies would never go through congress and even if they would, they're unconstitutional anyway so tone it down Hill Billy Boy.

For anyone who remained unconvinced by Gazza’s Raol Moat chicken episode, this proves empirically the notion of Infinite Universes. There can be no other explanation. Just a pity we’re in this one. Still, it’s a laugh. A ha ha ha ha. Laugh through the tears – it’s the only way.

Maybe it’s all just a massive wind-up. Perhaps the President Defect will be sworn-in by the reanimated corpse of Jeremy Beadle. f***ing idiots. If you’re pissed-off with endemic hierarchical corruption, you set fire to and cut the heads off s***; you don’t choose to be led by someone able to be outwitted by a donkey. Leader of the Free World. How embarrassing. Imagine being envious of the North Koreans for their leader’s credibility. Ye gods. Still, progress of a sort – no female Potus but we do have the first retard. George W., now Klump - how the hell do Republicans top that? Get your money on their next winner in 2028 being a bag of rotting fish guts.

The Garbage-Man can...

How anti-establishment is a rich white business man, from a rich family? The anti-establishment candidate lost out on the Democratic Nomination.

Don't worry Michaela. We lost he won. That's all it boils down to for Hoof.

I don't particularly care one way or another for any of the senior US political figures, so my opinion is quite balanced and my questions aren't loaded. I don't think Obama is in any way cool, nor do I dislike him. You're obviously an Obama fanboy hence you've got defensive when I've questioned him. I think it still stands though - if Obama had united a country, or at least seen the green shoots of something like that happening, there wouldn't be such an appetite for change from the American people. It's not the only factor at play I know.