Washington

PRESIDENT Donald Trump used his first full day in office to wage war on the media, accusing news organisations of lying about the size of his inauguration crowd as Saturday's huge protests served notice that a vocal and resolute opposition would be a hallmark of his presidency.

With Americans taking to the streets in red and blue states alike to emphatically decry a president they consider reprehensible and, even, illegitimate, Mr Trump visited the Central Intelligence Agency for a stream-of-consciousness airing of grievances - including against journalists, whom he called "the most dishonest human beings on Earth". Shortly thereafter, press secretary Sean Spicer addressed the media for the first time from the White House, where he yelled at the assembled press corps and charged it with "sowing division" with "deliberately false reporting" of Mr Trump's inauguration crowd.