Hello and welcome to the US election special of The Midge, the e-bulletin that takes a bite out of politics in Scotland and elsewhere.
Camley’s Cartoon
Camley tracks the Scottish Government's progress on investigating fracking.
Afore Ye Go
"First I want to thank my parents who I know are looking down on me right now. Great people. I have learned so much from them – they were wonderful in every regard, I had truly great parents."
President Trump delivers his victory speech. Besides paying tribute to his Scots mother, Mary MacLeod, from Lewis, and his father, he also praised Hillary Clinton, saying "We owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country. I mean that most sincerely."
Read more: US Election: Donald Trump claims shock victory to become 45th American president
"See Great Britain, America, see how we're hooking up now? We're going rogue ... People are going to take back control."
An ecstatic Sarah Palin, former VP hopeful. Telegraph
New York Daily News runs White "House of Horrors" cover after Trump's election victory https://t.co/zBkkXr3vwM pic.twitter.com/giAwxKCtOt
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) November 9, 2016
This morning's front page: https://t.co/BpQFNsWl5E pic.twitter.com/MJU7fVbZD3
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) November 9, 2016
"No matter what happens, the sun will rise in the morning."
Read more: US Election: Donald Trump claims shock victory to become 45th American president
President Obama's message to the nation, via BuzzFeed News
Cannot believe my eyes - what a dismal desperate day
— Kezia Dugdale (@kezdugdale) November 9, 2016
Brexit and Trump have shown that too many pundits and media people live in a London, New York and LA myopic bubble. #USElection2016
— Irvine Welsh (@IrvineWelsh) November 9, 2016
This just in ..
— Murray Foote (@murrayf00te) November 9, 2016
Land of the Free tangoed by a bright orange maddie ... pic.twitter.com/Ogk88YchVi
"Democracy often brings fascists to power. It did in the 1930s" @simon_schama tells @BBCr4today
— Nick Robinson (@bbcnickrobinson) November 9, 2016
Go home 2016. You're drunk
— Kay Burley (@KayBurley) November 9, 2016
If 2016 results are anything to go by, Scotland may just win on Friday night.
— Scott Mullen (@scottmullen87) November 9, 2016
Still hard to believe that the Simpsons actually predicted this 16 years ago.#ElectionNight pic.twitter.com/y4ex2EndSq
— 🅱RENDAN ©ASEY (@BrendoCasey) November 9, 2016
Turns out that that, yet again, those opinion polls were all noise and no signal... pic.twitter.com/bIw1laEvsf
— Fraser Nelson (@FraserNelson) November 9, 2016
Oops Eric Trump photographed his ballot paper for his dad - against the rules - disqualified paper .
— Penny Marshall (@pennymitv) November 8, 2016
The Mexican peso continues to plunge on #ElectionNight. It has now extended its losses to 8.5 percent https://t.co/CJCBsKKKNE pic.twitter.com/HTZadx6Xp9
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) November 9, 2016
I'm drinking in a bar in Mexico, using a prepaid card in dollars. My 2nd beer was just significantly cheaper than my 1st. It's like Weimar. https://t.co/miI3kcZ05D
— Tom Peck (@tompeck) November 9, 2016
At this stage it looks fairly unlikely that @realDonaldTrump will challenge the result of this election
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) November 9, 2016
Bill Clinton reassuring Hillary tonight by reminding her that Nelson Mandela wasn't elected president until after serving 27 years in prison
— Matthew Kick (@MatthewKick) November 9, 2016
'come on boy, let's go for a walk'
— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) November 8, 2016
'don't want to'
'please, I need some #DogsAtPollingStations content'
'I'm not walking' pic.twitter.com/w3GR8qyD9l
A man ahead of me in the voting line brought a rabbit with him. pic.twitter.com/av38motNRh
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) November 8, 2016
Cheeky banners held aloft amid jubilant scenes at the Republican Party HQ in Youngstown, Ohio, as Trump closes in on 270 #USADecides pic.twitter.com/idGIr0hEhy
— Stewart Maclean (@stewartmaclean) November 9, 2016
When you trust your wife to vote for you, but not really. pic.twitter.com/tLprW7iXI3
— Master of None (@Gabbienain) November 8, 2016
Thinking of applying for Canadian citizenship? You're far from alone - as their site has crashed #electionnight pic.twitter.com/JFcWyARpc6
— Asa Bennett (@asabenn) November 9, 2016
Place your bets...who do you think will nail it?I really hope @HillaryClinton will become the 1st Female US President #USElection 🇺🇸
— Michelle Mone (@MichelleMone) November 8, 2016
Thanks for reading. See you tomorrow. Twitter: @alisonmrowat
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