Mr Trump had no shortage of detractors during the election, be they foreign powers, business leaders or members of his own party.
But it didn’t take long for them to come around. Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, who all but disowned Mr Trump in the campaign, pledged on election night to work “hand-in-hand” with the next US leader.
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson once declared Donald Trump “unfit” to hold the presidency, before calling for an end to the “whinge-o-rama” over his win.
Tech leaders, many of whom had railed against Mr Trump, ended up meeting him at Trump Tower.
Perhaps refusing to work with the new president simply is not an option.
But are his new fans meeting him on common ground, or has Mr Trump dragged the US – and the rest of the world – to uncharted territory?