New York: Hundreds of thousands of Americans on Thursday election victory spilled to the streets amid chants of "Not my President" and "No Fascists USA", deepening the political turmoil further after months-long bitter campaign.
Disappointment turned into protest as people in huge numbers rallied in at least 25 US cities - including New York and Nashville, Chicago and Cleveland, San Francisco and
Seattle - shouting anti-Trump slogans, burning effigies, and holding candlelight vigils to mourn yesterday's result of the general election in which Trump secured a stunning victory despite his explosive and divisive rhetoric.
Several arrests took place when the demostrators – that included people from all ages, faiths and nationalities – held vigils and blocked traffic.
Angry Americans assembled at landmark locations in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, California, Colorado, Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, Atlanta, Austin, Denver, San Francisco and other cities, and were seen walking on roads and
highway between moving traffic, holding placards that read 'No more Hate', and chanting "Not my President." "Not today."
Outside Trump's residence in Trump Tower on New York's Fifth Avenue, protesters gathered with signs that read "Dump Trump". Protesters walked about 40 streets from 14th Street to Fifth Avenue. Streets surrounding the towers were completely shut off due to the protests.
Authorities estimated that as many as 5,000 people protested the real estate mogul's victory outside the Trump Tower, including pop star Lady Gaga who is a staunch Hillary Clinton supporter.
Thousands of protesters blocked entry to the Trump Tower in downtown Chicago.
In Los Angeles, demonstrators sprayed the Los Angeles Times building and news vans with anti-Trump profanity. Late in the evening, hundreds of people blocked one of the city's busiest freeways - US 101 between downtown and Hollywood.
Demonstrators outside the Los Angeles City Hall also set ablaze a giant, box-shaped head resembling Trump's, topped with bright orange hair.
In Washington, protesters gathered outside the White House protesting against Trump's racism, sexism and xenophobia. A candlelight vigil was also held outside the White House last evening. Angry against the election of Trump as the president of the country, people were heard chanting "No Trump, No KKK, No Fascists USA" and "Not my president!"
The massive protests came hours after Trump, a political outsider, secured a stunning victory against Clinton, defying all forecast, a development that refused to end months-long bitter campaigning by the two political leaders.
The 70-year-old real estate tycoon, who is said to have started off his maiden political campaign with a team of just six persons and a Twitter account, single-handedly ran one of the most unconventional presidential campaigns in which political correctness was tossed out of th e window. He has been slammed by many for his divisive and derogatory rhetoric against minorities, women and immigrants.
