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."


Image: The artwork has mushroom clouds behind the President

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.

Image: Artist Karen Fiorito says she does not regret the billboard

The billboard has, like Mr Trump himself, proved divisive among locals.

Mike Bolenbach said: "I think this is the greatest thing that I've seen in a long time. I think everything Donald Trump is doing is destroying America from the inside."

He claimed freedom of speech was "the last thing we have left to fight against this guy. He's a nut".

But Jeff Whiteman said: "Take it to your house. I live right here, I have to wake up to this every day. Disrespectful."

He went on: "I don't necessarily agree with the leader of our country, all the things going on, but I wouldn't not disrespect him or even any leader."

Mr Whiteman added: "I heard some banging last night, I noticed they were changing the sign around. I woke up this morning and I had Donald Trump looking in my living room window."