Crowds of demonstrators gathered across all 50 US states on Saturday in what was expected to be the largest nationwide protest of Donald Trump’s second term.

Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Washington DC, New York and Boston as part of the more than 1,200 “Hands Off!” demonstrations planned across the country to denounce Mr Trump and Elon Musk’s “hostile” attack on Americans’ rights.

The “mass mobilisation day” is a protest against Mr Trump’s economic agenda and the aggressive government cuts led by his billionaire “first buddy” Mr Musk.

Nearly 600,000 people signed up to attend the protests, which included demonstrations in Canada and Mexico, against the string of controversial executive orders Mr Trump signed on his first day in office.