NEW YORK:
Donald Trump cast his ballot under a hail of boos on Tuesday near his home in the Democratic stronghold of New York, in a historic presidential election pitting the billionaire Republican against Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Hundreds of onlookers watched as Trump, his wife
Melania
, daughter Ivanka, and son-in-law Jared arrived Tuesday morning at their polling place at a public school on Manhattan's East Side.
Trump said: "it's a great honor, a tremendous honor" to be casting his ballot.
He said he's feeling confident about the outcome, citing "tremendous enthusiasm."
However, Donald Trump's day did not start as well as he might have planned.
As he went to cast his ballot, The Donald's fellow New Yorkers were characteristically warmhearted, greeting him with shouts of "New York hates you!"
When Trump was caught on camera seemingly taking a peek over the voting machine's blinder at his wife Melania's ballot, it would invite more mocking and launch the umpteenth social media election meme of 2016.
"Donald Trump doesn't even trust Melania to vote for him" joked @cafedotcom.
When a similar image emerged of
Eric Trump
stealing a glance toward his own wife Lara Yunaska @JuddLegum tweeted "Like father, like son."