Protests against Trump escalate

Thousands have turned out across America, and around the world with tensions escalating in tear gas being used by police and a shooting in Portland. What a Trump administration will bring remains something of a mystery. But a national resistance among liberal activists and others who say they do not support his presidency is rising in response to the election in a way not seen in modern presidential history.

Demonstrators protest Donald Trump's election to the presidency, in Union Square in Manhattan. Photo: The New York Times Photo: NYT
Demonstrators march up 5th Avenue in New York during a mass protest against the election of Donald Trump. Photo: AP
Police in downtown Portland, Ore., attempt to disperse people protesting the election of President-elect, Donald Trump, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. In Portland, police used tear gas and flash-bang grenades Friday to try to disperse the crowd after hundreds of people marched through the city, disrupting traffic and spray-painting graffiti. Photo: AP
Protesters critical of the recent election of Donald Trump as US President gather for a demonstration near the Brandenburg Gate on November 12, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Getty Images
Demonstrators hold signs and flags while marching down Figueroa Street during a protest against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. Photo: Bloomberg
Demonstrators hold signs while marching through the Third Street tunnel during a protest in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. More than a thousand protesters took to the streets across California after night fell including downtown Los Angeles, where over 200 were arrested a night earlier. Photo: Bloomberg
Protesters critical of the recent election of Donald Trump as US President gather for a demonstration near the Brandenburg Gate on November 12, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Getty Images
Protesters critical of the recent election of Donald Trump as US President gather for a demonstration near the Brandenburg Gate on November 12, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Getty Images
Protesters critical of the recent election of Donald Trump as US President gather for a demonstration near the Brandenburg Gate on November 12, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Getty Images
A police officer stands guard as demonstrators hold a rally outside Trump Tower in New York on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, to protest against President-elect Donald Trump. Photo: AP
Filmmaker Michael Moore joins the demonstrators during a protest against the election Donald Trump on 5th Avenue near Trump Tower. Photo: AP
Protesters critical of the recent election of Donald Trump as US President gather for a demonstration near the Brandenburg Gate on November 12, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Getty Images
Protesters critical of the recent election of Donald Trump as US President gather for a demonstration near the Brandenburg Gate on November 12, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Getty Images
Protesters critical of the recent election of Donald Trump as US President gather for a demonstration near the Brandenburg Gate on November 12, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Getty Images
Protesters critical of the recent election of Donald Trump as US President gather for a demonstration near the Brandenburg Gate on November 12, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Getty Images
Protesters against Donald Trump gather at Flinders Street Station on November 12, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. Photo: Darrian Traynor
Protesters critical of the recent election of Donald Trump as US President gather for a demonstration near the Brandenburg Gate on November 12, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Getty Images
A protester demonstrates in an anti-Trump protest against President-elect, Donald Trump Photo: AP
Mary Johnson protests against the election of President-elect Donald Trump Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, in front of City Hall in Kansas City, Mo Photo: AP

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