Always quick to get to the point, social media came up with an instant distillation of the global response to the improbable, unsettling election of Donald Trump as president of the United States: #RIPAmerica. Donald Trump to meet Barack Obama at the White House – live updates Read moreThat hashtag declared that we had witnessed something more than a simple change of government. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jaden Rams cheers as Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Grand Junction, Colorado. So, no, there will be no civil service to stop Donald Trump. For what we saw in the astonishingly ugly campaign fought by Donald Trump would be only an inkling of what is to follow.

Source: The Guardian November 10, 2016 07:00 UTC