As the eyes of the world were fixed on the presidential race, a corner of the Hebrides was watching with a special connection to the man who would be President.
To islanders on Lewis, this New York-born magnate is Mary Anne MacLeod’s son, who left Tong for America as a teenager.
Her father – Mr Trump’s grandfather – was a fisherman and crofter in the area.
The president-elect paid tribute to his parents during his victory speech, describing them as “wonderful in every regard”.
But back at the family croft across the Atlantic, Mr Trump’s relatives seemed determined to keep out of the limelight yesterday.
The billionaire’s cousins still stay in the small community his Gaelic-speaking mother left when she was a teenager.
Cousin William Murray said: “We don’t speak to the press. There’s not much we could say anyway.”
Mr Trump has always been proud of his Scottish heritage and has highlighted them particularly in his golf business dealings in Aberdeenshire and Ayrshire.
He got in touch with his Scottish roots during a flying visit to Lewis in June, 2008 – the first time he had set foot on Hebridean soil since he was three-years-old.
The tycoon visited the croft at Tong where he met with his cousins from the islands as well as his sister Maryanne Trump Barry and his staff.
He made a flying visit to the croft, and discussed his Scottish roots at a press conference.
At the time he referred to his mother, who died in 2000 as a “beautiful and great woman” who had kept the memory of his roots alive over the years.
He said: “My mother loved Scotland and she loved Lewis. She never forgot where she came from.”