Billionaire businessman Donald Trump's shock presidential victory is arguably a fitting end to an election battle with more ups and downs – and twists and turns – than Blackpool's Big Dipper.

Hillary Clinton was long touted as the favourite to win in the run-up to the final race to the White House, but political outsider Trump will become the 45th president of the United States of America after winning key battleground states.

We've had a trawl of social media to see how Chester residents are reacting to the news.

Spoiler alert: What's been tweeted so far is pretty negative!

Was it all just a dream?

Or a disguise all along?

@weighedin is looking forward to a 'great meeting of minds' when the President-elect meets up with the UK's foreign secretary Boris Johnson.

@AdamDelaney93 says the UK voting to leave the European Union and now Trump's success have made for a 'bad year'.

Fast food equivalents?

Leicester City FC winning the Premier League, Brexit and Trump's election have led @CthuLouu to question whether he's living in an 'alternate reality'.

While another Tweeter is wondering if one reality TV star can gain political office with no experience, then maybe there's hope for one a bit closer to home...