US President dances with first lady Melania
Donald Trump sang “I did it my way” as he shared an awkward first dance with his wife Melania at the first of two presidential inaugural balls last night.
The pair shuffled from side to side to a version of Frank Sinatra’s classic.
And as Melania grinned nervously at the audience, Trump suddenly began singing along to the lyrics.
It was apt moment at the end a surreal day when the 70-year-old billionaire businessman and former reality TV star became the 45th President of the United States.
Earlier, President Trump was quick to assume the mantle of the White House, making his first executive order one aiming to axe his Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law.
Hours after delivering a nationalistic speech during his swearing-in ceremony, Mr Trump sat at the president’s formal desk in the Oval Office as he signed the order.
White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said it was aimed at “minimising the economic burden” of the “Obamacare” law.
Shortly after taking office as the 45th US president, Mr Trump sent his Cabinet nominations to the Senate.
He signed a waiver to allow retired General James Mattis to serve as defence secretary, even though he left the military less than the required seven years ago.
Gen Mattis, whose appointment has been approved by the Senate, was later sworn in by Vice-President Mike Pence.
Mr Pence also swore in John Kelly as head of Homeland Security.
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