Trump protesters chant as they begin to gather at Union Square in Lower Manhattan.

Protesters burned an orange-haired Donald Trump head in effigy, lit bonfires and blocked traffic as anger over the billionaire’s election to the presidency spilled onto the streets of major cities.

From New York to Los Angeles, thousands of people marched, rallied and chanted in around 10 cities against the billionaire president-elect a day after his stunning upset win, some carrying signs with slogans such as “Not our President” and “Love trumps hate.”

Protesters carrying signs reading “Dump Trump” gathered outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, where the president-elect lives.

Police said they had arrested 15 people, the New York Times reported. In Washington, several hundred gathered in front of the White House for a candlelight vigil

More protests grew in Boston, New Orleans, Colorado, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Texas, Arizona, Seattle, Tennessee and Pennsylvania.

Arrests were made as thousands of protesters thronged streets in midtown Manhattan while at a park further downtown hundreds who had gathered screamed “Not my president.” In Chicago, they also chanted phrases like “No Trump! No KKK! No racist USA.”

The anti-Trump rallies come after Hillary Clinton revealed the US election result will be painful “for a long time”, but urged her supporters to give Trump the “chance to lead.”

President Obama will host Donald Trump in the Oval Office tomorrow, hoping to ease a smooth transition of power and steady nerves after an election that has shocked the world.

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