WATCH – Trump: “We’re going to make America greater than ever before”

The President addresses the Inauguration Ball.

May’s tremendous task – to tame Trump

The new President’s one big plus for Britain is that he is a Brexit enthuasiast. In this sense, his White House arrival is her lucky break. Since she’s got it, she must grab it.

WATCH: “America will start winning again – start winning like never before.” Trump’s inauguration speech in full

“We will follow two simple rules – buy American and hire American…it is the right of all nations to put their nations first.”

WATCH: The inauguration 3) Trump is sworn in as President

“I Donald John Trump do solemnly swear that I will to the best of my ability…preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States.”

WATCH: The inauguration 2) Obama and Trump leave the White House.

The former will return shortly as President.

WATCH: The inauguration 1) Trump is greeted by Obama at the White House

The two men and their wives pose for photographs.

Enough of the faux shock at the new US ambassador to the UK

Woody Johnson is rich and an ally of the President. So what? So were his predecessors.

WATCH: Trump promises his supporters “you’re not forgotten anymore”

“I have a feeling it’s going to be beautiful,” he says of his inauguration.

Ben Roback: Presidential pinch points: three key hurdles that Trump must vault

With a constant onus on fundraising and campaigning, Republicans up for re-election cannot afford to support Trump for too long if real change isn’t felt in their districts.

Iain Dale: I find Washington in shock as I arrive for the new President’s inauguration

But I meet new friends from Alabama who tell me that everything’s going to be beautiful.

Timothy Stafford: Four historical parallels that help understand Trump

America’s long democratic history provide a few guides for navigating the reign of the ‘unprecedented President’.

Maggie May

The logic of her view that no deal is better than a bad one suggests that, like Thatcher at Fontainebleau, she is prepared to walk away if necessary.

James Frayne: The Davos crowd’s global outlook means it has lost any understanding of national movements

They see one global trend when in fact there are many different national shifts underway.

WATCH: Trump’s Brexit boost for May

“He’s pro-Brexit, he’s pro-Britain, and he’s in favour of giving us a fast trade deal.”

LISTEN: Gove explains why Trump wants to make Brexit work

“The President-elect is a deal-maker, and he’s confident that he can get a good deal, a win-win, for Britain and America relatively quickly.”