Chance of a new beginning for world's most important bilateral relationship

Republican Donald Trump won the US presidential election on Wednesday to become the country's 47th president after winning more than 270 electoral votes that are needed to enter the White House.

Yet following celebrations given his stunning political comeback, the 78-year-old former US president does not have much time to waste before he pitches in to get the real work done.

The election has exposed the depths of division the country has never before seen, and the healing process could take years. Trump made the first step in that direction by saying it was "time to unite" as a country during his election victory speech in Florida.