Introduction and performances

On the day of the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, shares of his opponents were held, CNN reports . In Washington, police detained about two hundred protesters.

An hour and a half before the ceremony, dressed in black opponents of Trump began to smash the windows and break the glasses of parked cars. They arrived in the capital of the United States from all over the country. Many were armed with batons and axes. The windows of network coffee houses, the symbols of the "greedy world of corporations", the chairs and cobblestones flew. Participants in protests turned urns and Veding machines.

To accelerate the demonstrators, the police used tear gas and pepper cans. Six law enforcement officers received slight injuries. The police blocked the cars leading from places of riots to the Capitol of the street and did not allow clashes between opponents and supporters of Trump.

As the mayor of Washington, Muriel Bauser, said, several thousand people left to protest, but only part of them took part in the riots. "Throughout the city, we witnessed hundreds of protesters who showed respect for the laws, expressing their opinion through non -violent protests," she said.

Among the detainees was an employee of the Russian Russia Today television channel Alexander Rubinstein, who conducted a report on protests. He was later released from the police.

The protests in Washington will continue on Saturday. Many residents left the city for the whole weekend. On Saturday, the "march of women" is planned . He promises to become the largest protest event that has ever accompanied the president’s inauguration in the history of the United States. Many stars of show business promise to join the action, including Cher, Katti Parry, Scarlet Johansson. The march to Washington is not the only protest rally, hundreds of such manifestations are expected in all American states. Also, the marches of solidarity will be held in more than 30 countries.

Protests also passed in other countries. In London, on many bridges they hung banners "Build bridges, not walls". A similar slogan was hung on the preserved remainder of the Berlin wall. Trump during the election campaign promised to build a wall on the border with Mexico to reduce the flow of illegal immigrants.

On the day of the inauguration of Trump on the western coast of Jordan, the Palestinians held the march of protest. “If Donald Trump moves the American embassy to Jerusalem, there will be no peace here. If he supports the construction of Israeli settlements, there will be no world,” said the organizer of the action, Palestinian activist Munher Amira.

Trump's inauguration was boycotted by about 50 American congressmen.

On Thursday, New York mayor Bill de Blazio, as well as American actors Robert de Niro, Alec Baldwin, Mark Ruffalo, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore and others took part in protest against Trump . The promotion at the Trump Tower skyscraper on Manhattan began with reading out invented messages from Twitter on behalf of the elected president, actor Robert de Niro. He was followed by the performances of Moore, Baldwin, de Blazio, Ruffalo and others.

Michael Moore called Trump a "sociopath" and expressed the opinion that "he will not last four years." The director called for the announcement of the "One hundred days of protest" against Trump since the beginning of his presidency. In addition, Moore called for a mass organized protest campaign in connection with the Trump Inauguration ceremony.

The protesters criticized Trump for racial and religious intolerance, and also advocated the rights of immigrants and the availability of medical insurance programs. The action was held under the general slogan of Westandunited ("We are together"), entries under the same tag are distributed on social networks.