An interview with Barack Obama by the New Yorker's David Remnick, conducted in the wake of Donald Trump's surprise victory in the US presidential election, has shed light on how the incumbent commander in chief reacted in the hours after the result became clear.

Remnick had a number of meetings with Obama both before and after the election, and he reveals that, although the Obama administration had not been expecting Trump to win, the president himself had taken the Republican campaign extremely seriously.

Remnick questioned Obama about how did he spoke to his two daughters - Malia, 18, and Sasha, 15 - about the election results - and also about the reported rise in racial incidents following the election. He replied as follows: