The ability to control Donald Trump in the the White House is being questioned as he goes about forming his administration.
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Protests have been held around the country with one of the biggest being outside his apartment building, Trump Tower, in Manhattan.
Hundreds of others gathered at a Manhattan park and shouted "Not my president."
A sculptor in New York, Nancy Davidson, understands their frustrations, saying Mr Trump as President will be uncontrollable.
"If he just had his Twitter account taken away from him then he couldn't control himself," she said.
Ms Davidson said America has turned it back on history by stopping the first woman from becoming President.
She said Hillary Clinton may have had her flaws, but she had fewer than Donald Trump,
Ms Davidson said the result puts America behind the rest of the world.
"I was devastated, and I'm still devastated, because I believed that she was going to be elected.
"I felt like we're finally breaking the glass ceiling. We're finally having a woman in America become President."
In Los Angeles, protesters sat on the 110 and 101 highway interchange, blocking traffic on one of the city's main arteries as police in riot gear tried to clear them. Some 13 protesters were arrested, a local CBS affiliate reported.
An earlier rally and march in Los Angeles drew more than 5,000 people, many of them high school and college students, local media reported.
A demonstration of more than 6000 people blocked traffic in Oakland, California, police said. Protesters threw objects at police in riot gear, burned rubbish in the middle of an intersection, set off fireworks and smashed store front windows.
Police responded by throwing chemical irritants at the protesters, according to a Reuters witness.
Two officers were injured in Oakland and two police squad cars were damaged, Johnna Watson, spokeswoman for the Oakland Police Department told CNN.
In downtown Chicago, an estimated 1800 people gathered outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower, chanting phrases like "No Trump! No KKK! No racist USA."
Chicago police closed roads in the area, impeding the demonstrators' path. There were no immediate reports of arrests or violence there.
"I'm just really terrified about what is happening in this country," said 22 -year-old Adriana Rizzo in Chicago, who was holding a sign that read: "Enjoy your rights while you can."
Additional reporting by AAPÂ
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