Protestors have taken to the streets across America to demand Donald Trump’s impeachment as celebrities hit out at his bizarre “wrestling” Twitter attack on CNN.

There were as many as 45 marches across the nation, including in New Orleans, Seattle, Philadelphia and New York City.

Organisers accuse Mr Trump of violating the US Constitution and obstructing justice, following allegations he tried to thwart an FBI investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

“We believe President Trump has committed constitutional breaches, consistently lied, cheated and enforces laws that primarily benefit him and his billionaire friends at the expense of the country,” they said in a statement.

The protests followed the Twitter posting by Mr Trump of a doctored video of his appearance at a Wrestlemania event in 2007, in which he jokingly tackled WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.

In the tweet, however, Mr McMahon’s head was replaced by a logo for CNN, which has been singled out by the president in his claims of “fake news”.

In Manhattan, demonstrators chanted outside Trump International Hotel and Tower at Columbus Circle and Central Park West.

In Los Angeles, marchers carried a black coffin draped in red, white and blue flowers, topped with a hand-written sign that read: “The Presidency 1789-2017.”

There were tussles with pro Trump groups in Austin, Texas, on the route from the state Capitol to City Hall. In San Francisco, the crowds chanted: “What do we want? Impeachment! When do we want it? Now!”

Congressman Al Green, who first called for the president’s impeachment for obstruction of justice on the House of Representatives floor on May 17, repeated his call to action to hundreds of protesters yesterday in Austin.

“I am here today because I love my country,” he said. “We cannot let others steal the notion that somehow they’re more patriotic than we are. We are patriotic Americans.”D

“Every single thing that comes out of this president’s mouth, and every action he takes, is contrary to what I believe, and frankly I’ve had enough,” one of the protesters, Mark Ransdell, told NBC in San Francisco.

Two anti-Trump protesters were arrested after a scuffle with a supporter of the president in Philadelphia. A police officer was also injured in the incident.

A social worker at the New York protest outside Trump International Tower said she did not expect swift action to remove the president, but she told CBS: “It’s a process, so I absolutely believe that the process should take forth, and then whatever the results of that, you know, will be determined.”

Celebrities rallied against Mr Trump’s wrestling tweet, with many saying it was degrading to the president’s position.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling quoted George Washington in a tweet, saying: “To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent, is the best answer to calumny.”

“This is not ‘modern day presidential,’ this is prehistoric caveman behavior,” tweeted former Star Wars actor George Takei.

Comedian Seth Rogen wrote: “Remember the time the president photoshopped the logo of a news company on a person and then tweeted a vid of him fake wrestling that logo?”

“Don’t be horrified by CNN wrestling tweet, it’s just practice,” actor Albert Brooks tweeted ominously. “He’s scheduled to wrestle Putin for control of the world.”

CNN accused Mr Trump of engaging in “juvenile behaviour far below the dignity of his office”.

A White House aide insisted the tweet should not be seen as an attack on reporters.

“I think that no one would perceive that as a threat,” homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said.

“I hope they don’t. But I do think that he’s beaten up in a way on cable platforms that he has a right to respond to.”

Source:standard.co.uk