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Thousands of people across the US have taken part in protests against President Donald Trump and white supremacists who incited a bloody demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Anti-Trump protesters shouted "Shame! Shame! Shame" and "No KKK, No Fascist USA, No Trump!" on Monday as they awaited the president to arrive at Trump Tower in New York City.

They also carried placards with anti-Trump slogans as they lined up across the street from the tower and the nearby blocks on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue.  

Trump's motorcade arrived at the tower shortly after 9 pm local time from a direction that bypassed the demonstrators, the first time he returned to the skyscraper that served as his main residence and office before he became president.

Three people were arrested and charged with reckless engagement, obstructing government administration, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest, said Hubert Reyes, a spokesman for the New York City Police Department (NYPD).

Thousands gathered at two rallies in Salt Lake City, Utah, to condemn white supremacy and racism on Monday as well.

In Durham, North Carolina, protesters gathered at the Fayette County Courthouse around the Confederate Soldiers Monument and toppled the nearly century-old statue of John C. Breckinridge, the 14th Vice President of the US and a civil war era slave owner.

The protests come two days after clashes broke out Saturday in Charlottesville, between white supremacists and counter-protester at the site of the "Unite the Right" event.

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