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		</div><p>Demonstrations against Donald Trump continued in cities across the US as the president-elect accused those taking part of being <i>&#8220;professional protesters&#8221;.</i></p>
<p>Police declared a protest in Portland, Oregon, to be a riot, while there were peaceful marches against Mr Trump&#8217;s unexpected election as president in cities including Dallas, Philadelphia, Chicago and New York.</p>
<p>Mr Trump said the protests were <i>&#8220;very unfair!&#8221;</i></p>
<p>He had earlier held a cordial White House meeting with President Barack Obama, and sketched out priorities with Republican congressional leaders in Washington.</p>
<p>The meeting with Mr Obama spanned 90 minutes, longer than originally scheduled. Mr Obama said he was <i>&#8220;encouraged&#8221;</i> by Mr Trump&#8217;s willingness to work with his team during the transition of power, and the Republican called the president a <i>&#8220;very good man&#8221;.</i></p>
<p><i>&#8220;I very much look forward to dealing with the president in the future,&#8221;</i> Mr Trump said from the Oval Office. He will begin occupying the office on January 20.</p>
<p>In Portland, hundreds of people marched throughout the city as protests turned violent, with people smashing store windows and lighting firecrackers.</p>
<p>Police declared a riot, said there were people with baseball bats in the crowd and told marchers via loudspeaker to move on.</p>
<p>Oregon Department of Transportation officials closed portions of Interstate 5 and Interstate 84 in the area intermittently as a precaution.</p>
<p>In Denver, protesters managed to shut down Interstate 25 near central Denver briefly on Thursday night.</p>
<p>Police said that demonstrators had made their way onto the freeway and traffic was halted in the northbound and southbound lanes for about 30 minutes.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!</p>
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<p>In Dallas, dozens of demonstrators gathered for a second night at Dealey Plaza to speak against the election.</p>
<p>Just like on Wednesday night, the demonstration was peaceful with no disturbances or arrests reported. It ended with a march into the heart of Dallas by protesters carrying signs bearing such slogans as <i>&#8220;Love Trumps Hate&#8221;</i> and <i>&#8220;Spirit Unbreakable&#8221;.</i></p>
<p>A crowd that included parents with children in prams gathered near Philadelphia&#8217;s City Hall. They held signs bearing slogans like <i>&#8220;Not Our President,&#8221; &#8221;Trans Against Trump&#8221;</i> and <i>&#8220;Make America Safe For All&#8221;.</i></p>
<p>About 500 people turned out in Louisville, Kentucky, chanting and carrying signs as they marched. A day earlier, five people were arrested at Western Kentucky University as demonstrators protested against Mr Trump&#8217;s election.</p>
<p>The protests came as it was confirmed that Mr Trump had won Arizona&#8217;s presidential contest and its 11 electoral votes.</p>
<p>The Republican president-elect had a solid lead over Hillary Clinton on election night, but a winner was not declared because there were so many uncounted votes. The latest batch of returns tabulated in Thursday made him the clear winner.</p>
<p>It extends a 20-year winning streak for Republican presidential candidates in Arizona. Bill Clinton was the last Democrat to take the state, winning in 1996.</p>
<p>Mrs Clinton was closer to gaining Arizona than Mr Obama, who lost by more than 9 percentage points during his two runs for president, to her 4 points.</p>
<p>Arizona was one of three races that had yet to be declared from the Tuesday election. Michigan and New Hampshire remain too close to call.</p>
<p>As of Thursday, Mrs Clinton was leading Mr Trump in votes nationwide 47.7% to 47.5%, but Mr Trump secured victory in the Electoral College.</p>
<p>Vice President-elect Mike Pence urged a rally in Indiana to support Mr Trump and to pray that the starkly divided country would be reunified.</p>
<p>He told the crowd he was humbled to be Mr Trump&#8217;s vice president.</p>
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