The parade was the spectacle event Trump had long wanted. It also helped sparked the largest mass opposition to him since his inauguration 145 days earlier.

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of Americans protested President Donald Trump at rallies and marches in major cities from New York to Los Angeles on Saturday, a day marred by the assassination of a Democratic lawmaker in Minnesota and conflict in the Middle East.

Across the country, relatively few disruptions were reported during protests and marches where the mood ranged from joyful to defiant.