The start of Donald Trump’s presidency - and his controversial executive orders on immigration and a planned border wall - was met with unique resistance by San Francisco protesters.

Using their bodies, thousands of people helped spell 'RESIST!!' in enormous letters on Ocean Beach Friday morning.

The word, which seems to be a favorite of anti-Trump protesters, had already been etched into the sand before protesters arrived.

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Thousands of anti-Trump protesters used their bodies to help spell 'RESIST!!' in enormous letters on Ocean Beach in San Francisco Friday morning

The peaceful protest was organized by Oakland resident Brad Newsham, 65

Since 2006, Newsham, a cabbie and travel writer, has organized a dozen similar events

'When I first started organizing these, the park service was leery of me', Newsham said

Upbeat protesters chanted 'We want a leader, not a creepy tweeter!' and carried a variety of signs, one of which read, 'Fight Fascism in USA'

Their message of peaceful protest against what they perceive to be an increasingly authoritarian American government was physically underlined by even more people, NBC Bay Area reports.

One of the exclamation marks was created by members of the grassroots anti-war organization Codepink, who were clad in neon pink.

Upbeat protesters chanted 'We want a leader, not a creepy tweeter!' and carried a variety of signs, one of which read, 'Fight Fascism in USA'.

Photos were taken from a helicopter whirring above.

This isn't the first protest of its kind that Oakland resident Brad Newsham, 65, has organized.

The word had already been etched into the sand before protesters arrived

They were protesting against what they perceive to be an increasingly authoritarian American government

Photos were taken from a helicopter whirring above

Since 2006, Newsham, a cabbie and travel writer, has organized a dozen similar events, including that year's 'Beach Impeach Project'.

His first call brought out more than 1,000 volunteers, who laid in the sand on January 6, 2007, to form 100-foot letters on Ocean Beach to spell the word 'Impeach'.

Their message was aimed at George W Bush during his presidency.

Newsham, who has spent $20,000 of his savings on the 'Beach Impeach Project', has organized other impeachment lie-ins at San Francisco's Crissy Field and Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley.

'When I first started organizing these, the park service was leery of me', Newsham told the SFist.

'As they should be - I was calling for the impeachment and the imprisonment of their bosses... I had to go through a lot of hoops'.