Left-wing Democrats Sanders, Warren extend olive branch to Trump

Bernie Sanders, who galvanised young Americans during this year's Democratic primary race, said on Wednesday that he is ready to work with president-elect Donald Trump if he wants to "improve the lives of working families."

Like Sanders - who denounced what he called the corrupt influence of the country's wealthy elites on politics, and advocated free public college education and universal health care - Trump honed a populist appeal to Americans who feel left behind by economic globalisation and mounting inequity.