Donald Trump may eschew the lure of the White House and spend much of his time as president at his $100 million penthouse in New York.

During the campaign the billionaire would often fly back late at night to his home in Trump Tower from wherever he was on the trail.

The Secret Service has already strongly suggested that he should move full time to the White House with agents describing the prospect of protecting him in New York as a security nightmare.

Mr Trump currently lives there with wife Melania and 10-year-old son Barron in a gilded three-floor apartment designed in the style of Louis XIV overlooking Central Park.

He has been there for three decades and has frequently talked about how much he loves it.

Mr Trump once said: "Building this unit, if you look at the columns and the carvings, was harder than building the building itself."