--- title: Donald Trump: Election Results Spark Protests description: Donald Trump's election sparked protests across the United States and among Americans living abroad canonical: https://time.com/4565023/donald-trump-election-victory-protests-world/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-09T19:48:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-15T01:02:58.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump's Election Victory Sparks Protests Across the World og:description: Demonstrators took to the streets og:url: https://time.com/4565023/donald-trump-election-victory-protests-world/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5a938ad5b70e0a4/6988addff887dc52c1e98294/morocco-protest-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: MOROCCO-US-ELECTION-COP22-DEMO og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump's Election Victory Sparks Protests Across the World twitter:description: Demonstrators took to the streets twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5a938ad5b70e0a4/6988addff887dc52c1e98294/morocco-protest-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump's Election Victory Sparks Protests Across the World > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 15, 2023 1:02 AM UTCPublished: Nov 9, 2016 7:48 PM UTC  American students protest outside the UN climate talks during the COP22 international climate conference in Marrakesh in reaction to Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, on November 9, 2016. American students protest outside the UN climate talks during the COP22 international climate conference in Marrakesh in reaction to Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, on November 9, 2016. FADEL SENNA—AFP/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 15, 2023 1:02 AM UTCPublished: Nov 9, 2016 7:48 PM UTC Donald Trump’s [election](http://time.com/4564440/donald-trump-wins-2/?xid=homepage) as president of the United States on Tuesday night sparked protests across the country and abroad. From coast to coast, demonstrators took the the streets after Hillary Clinton conceded the election to Trump. Protestors from Oakland, California, to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, [marched through the streets](https://apnews.com/0e0eee0e478b444c97de222d9827d0f5?utm%5Fcampaign=SocialFlow&utm%5Fsource=Twitter&utm%5Fmedium=AP), expressing anger and dismay at the election results. In New York City’s, Lady Gaga spent the early hours of Wednesday [protesting outside Trump Tower](http://time.com/4564242/lady-gaga-protest-trump/). Protestors gathered in New York City’s Union Square Park on Wednesday night to cry out against Trump. “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA,” protestors chanted, among other shouts calling for the end of white supremacy. > [](https://twitter.com/vinbarone/status/796488779234209792) In Oakland, demonstrators prepared for protests on Wednesday night, [calling for a fight](https://www.facebook.com/events/1102031873237338/?notif%5Ft=plan%5Fuser%5Finvited¬if%5Fid=1478726061422956) against racism, sexism, homophobia and Islamophobia. Oakland City Administrator Sabrina Landreth said in a statement that the city expects “these will remain peaceful gatherings and will facilitate expressions of free speech.” The demonstrations touched even those outside of the country. London’s U.S. Embassy was overrun by protestors against Trump on Wednesday morning. > [](https://twitter.com/ikrandahir/status/796418284526727168) In Marrakesh, Morocco, American students and environmental activists demonstrated outside the United Nations climate talks in response to Trump’s win over [concerns](http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/11/trump-win-climate-change-morocco-global-warming-conference) that the next U.S. president will be against efforts to address climate change. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4565023/donald-trump-election-victory-protests-world/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4565023/donald-trump-election-victory-protests-world/"},"headline":"Donald Trump's Election Victory Sparks Protests Across the World","datePublished":"2016-11-09T19:48:52.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-15T01:02:58.000Z","description":"Demonstrators took to the streets","url":"https://time.com/4565023/donald-trump-election-victory-protests-world/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5a938ad5b70e0a4/6988addff887dc52c1e98294/morocco-protest-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5a938ad5b70e0a4/6988addff887dc52c1e98294/morocco-protest-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MOROCCO-US-ELECTION-COP22-DEMO","caption":"MOROCCO-US-ELECTION-COP22-DEMO","creditText":"FADEL SENNA—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4565023/donald-trump-election-victory-protests-world/","name":"Donald Trump's Election Victory Sparks Protests Across the World"}}]}] ```