An anti-Trump billboard containing a picture of the president, nuclear mushroom clouds and Nazi-like dollar signs has sparked controversy in Phoenix, Arizona.
The work is by artist Karen Fiorito who said she was expressing "tension in the air" among people "who don't have a voice".
She said: "I do feel like we are headed down a road of destruction and apocalyptic destruction."
She also told KSAZ-TV she did not regret the billboard, saying: "I got the opportunity to have a platform to say something and I took that opportunity and I take full responsibly for it."
Ms Fiorito said she was speaking for those "who feel they don't have a voice right now."
She said the limited liability corporation, an organisation in Phoenix that supports the arts, gave her a platform to make a statement about the President.
The billboard contains an image of him, with post-atomic bomb mushroom clouds in the background, and dollar signs that bear a resemblance to swastikas on each side.
After it was put up, she said she was expecting a backlash and death threats.
On the other side of the same billboard is one showing five fists forming sign language letters with the word "unity" beneath them.
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