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Protesters pour into streets across the US in rejection of Donald Trump

Zahra Khan at the protest in Detroit
Zahra Khan at the protest in Detroit

Protesters are taking to the streets across the US to demonstrate against the result of the presidential election.

Demonstrators have been out in force in several American cities, including New York, Chicago, Oakland in California and Detroit.

Thousands descended on Trump Tower in Manhattan, where lorries filled with dirt were lined up in front of the building’s lobby to form a protective barrier.

Waving placards with anti-Trump slogans, the crowd of thousands chanted “not my president” and “we reject the president elect”.

Pop star Lady Gaga held up a “Love trumps hate” sign, propped up on a city sanitation truck.

Donald Trump outperformed expectations in a series of battleground states to clinch a surprise win on Tuesday night.

In a dramatic turn of events, he also obliterated the so-called blue wall of states in the Upper Midwest that had backed every Democratic candidate for president since 1992.

Hillary Clinton had been leading in the polls right up until Election Day.

But in the end, Mr Trump came through to easily secure the 270 electoral votes required for victory.

Yesterday, the billionaire businessman, who will become the 45th president in January, met Barack Obama at the White House to discuss the transition.

Among those at the protest in Detroit, Michigan, was Zahra Khan, who is half Pakistani and half Polish.

The student said: “My people will suffer, the people I love will suffer.

“I’m done with the hate and the racism and the misogyny and the sexism and everything that we have been plagued with.

“We have to understand the damage he can do and that his supporters can do.

“I’m mostly afraid of his supporters because people like that have no mercy, no humanity, nothing like that and I do not stand for it.”

Helena Barnes, who works for General Motors, was also there.

She described the election as a “complete disgrace to women and minorities”, adding: “I would like to see Trump gone, out of office.”

Dylan Peel, who is self-employed, said he had gone along to stand up for his beliefs.

He added: “Donald Trump didn’t win the popular vote and I don’t think that somebody who expresses racism is a very good presidential candidate.”

In London, anti-racist groups gathered outside the US Embassy and there were reports of confrontations with members of a right-wing group.