Obama invites Trump to meet, congratulates him on victory

“People are sick and exhausted”, she said.

On CNN, Conway urged Trump’s critics to “lay down their verbal firearms”. Chipper, even joking with Biden, Obama said he was proud of Clinton for the race she ran and told the young people who may be discouraged by the result of the election to “stay encouraged” and not be cynical.

Now that Donald Trump has decisively won the American elections, my only appeal him is to have a reconsideration of the effects of some of the harsh rhetoric about his proposed policies, particular on immigration, and be guided throughout his Presidency by humanism in the implementation of his campaign promises.

Trump is eyeing a senior team drawing from a small group of high-profile supporters, including Priebus, Christie, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.

Clinton did not give a formal concession speech.

The maverick outsider Donald Trump stunned the world by winning the US Presidency, the most powerful global job, as voters revolted against a smug, condescending establishment, rejecting Hillary Clinton – seen as the face of the status quo.

Earlier in the day, Clinton voted at an elementary school near her suburban NY home with her husband, ex- President Bill Clinton.

Ryan says his relationship with Trump is fine.

“We had a very detailed meeting”, Trump told reporters.

Conceding his party’s staggering electoral defeat, President Barack Obama on Wednesday invited President-elect Donald Trump to meet with him to discuss the handover of power from his administration to Trump’s.

Yet last night Trump defied the pollsters to secure the White House in a dramatic night across The Pond.

Also at the White House on Thursday, first lady Michelle Obama and Melania Trump met. That birther movement questioned the president’s place of birth and thereby the legitimacy of the first African-American president.

The president also called Clinton, his former Secretary of State, on Wednesday, expressing his “admiration for the strong campaign she waged”.

Many voters also appeared to be undeterred by the release of a 2005 videotape from Access Hollywood in which Trump, on a hot mic, talked about grabbing women between the legs because celebrities “can do anything”. That’s how we have come this far. His campaign often seemed in chaos. It will be a potentially awkward meeting with the man who pushed false rumors that the president might have been born outside the United States.

“Remember, no matter what happens, the sun will rise in the morning and America will still be the greatest nation on Earth”, Obama said. Clinton’s campaign raised $513 million – roughly double what Trump raised, including $66 million from his own pocket.

“Hillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period of time and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country”, Trump said, to applause from the crowd.

Putin sent Trump a telegram of congratulations.

“We fully expect to operate a traditional pool and look forward to implementing our plans in the near future”, campaign press secretary Hope Hicks said.

Her last two days on the campaign trail felt nearly like a Clinton family reunion, with some of her closest confidants jumping on the campaign plane for her final hours. Most of the outstanding votes appeared to be in Democratic-leaning states, with the biggest chunk in California, a state Clinton overwhelmingly won.

Afterwards, following an hour-long meeting with McConnell on the other side of the Capitol, Trump stood at the Senate majority leader’s side and stressed that “we have a lot to do”.

The Republican president-elect has accused Mexico of sending rapists and other criminals across the border.

Trump says it was the first time the two had ever met.

It’s unclear whether Trump, a highly unusual candidate, will embrace numerous traditions of the presidency. Subsequently, the act also “establishes a two-year mandatory minimum federal prison sentence for illegally reentering the US after a previous deportation, and a five-year mandatory minimum federal prison sentence for illegally reentering for those with felony convictions, multiple misdemeanor convictions or two or more prior deportations”. “A strong North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is good for the United States, and good for Europe”.