Crowds of angry protesters have taken to streets across the United States chanting "Not Our President" while setting fires and smashing windows.

Thousands of people turned out to protest against Donald Trump's victory in the US election.

In the billionaire businessman's home city of New York, demonstrators they made their way to Trump Tower blasting his controversial campaign rhetoric about immigrants, Muslims and other groups.

Many demonstrators chanted "not my president", Mirror reported.

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