
After a rough two days tussling with the media in frosty New York City, Donald Trump and his family were probably grateful to flee to their Mar-a-Lago estate for their annual Thanksgiving celebration.

Their motorcade was cheered on by supporters Tuesday night as it carried Trump and his family from Palm Beach International Airport to their luxury pad.

It will be a welcome change for the President-elect, whose home city has become increasingly hostile to him since he won the White House, and who has spent the last two days there locking horns with the heads of what he describes as 'crooked media'.

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Trump was spotted leaving his private jet after it landed at Palm Beach International Airport around 7pm on Sunday

Melania and their young son Barron were also present on the tarmac

The family were then ushered into their SUV as the motorcade prepared to get on its way to Mar-a-Lago

Trump supporters stood at the entrance to Palm Beach Island to welcome Trump home with Trump/Pence campaign banners and flags

Police escort the President-Elect's motorcade across Southern Boulevard. pic.twitter.com/hXND6J20ep — Julius Whigham II (@JuliusWhigham) November 23, 2016

Trump touched down around 7pm, along with Melania and youngest son Barron. RNC chairman Reince Priebus is also making his way to the feast, according to Trump's press pool.

Southern Boulevard was shut down, along with the I-95 and a number of other intersecting roads, while the motorcade made its way to Trump's estate, according to Palm Beach Post.

He left behind a Big Apple that has decided to bite back at the new President-elect, with pro-Clinton protesters and even Broadway taking their shots at him and his still-forming Cabinet.

And he also says goodbye - for now, at least - to the 'corrupt press' whose heads he blasted in a series of fiery rants over the last two days.

On Monday, Trump invited executives from NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and Fox Business Network to Trump Tower for what was supposed to be an off-the-record meeting.

But according to one insider it was more like 'a f**king firing squad' in which Trump branded the execs 'liars' and 'dishonest' - and singled out CNN president Jeff Zucker, telling him 'I hate your network, everyone at CNN is a liar and you should be ashamed.'

Trump's former campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, described the meeting as 'very cordial, very productive, very congenial,' and 'very candid and honest'.

On Tuesday, Trump had a meeting with The New York Times, where he delivered a measured response to the paper's reporters and its publisher, Arthur Sulzberger Jr.

'I have great respect for the New York Times. I have tremendous respect. I think I've been treated very rough,' he said. He said their coverage was 'the roughest of all' and said of his campaign: 'It's been 18 months of brutality in a true sense.'

The Trump family goes to Mar-a-Lago each year for Thanksgiving - and they're not letting Trump's victory on Election Day change that

Southern Boulevard had to be closed down so that Trump's motorcade could make its way to Mar-a-Lago

As well as Southern Boulevard, the I-95 and some other connecting roads had to be shut down

His troubles haven't just been confined to Trump Tower, however.

The fiercely Democrat-supporting city of New York was always likely to rankle at any Republican candidate - but one who lives on Fifth Avenue, the city's most prominent artery, is liable for more abuse than most.

Anti-Trump protests took place in New York City almost every day in the week after the election, and have continued - on the streets and in university campuses - since then every few days.

Protesters have been particularly incensed by what they see as Trump's courting of white supremacist and alt-right groups, with chants of 'No Donald Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA,' being heard at several events.

Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, has also faced a backlash since the election. On Friday the audience at a Broadway performance of Hamilton booed him after they became aware that he was present.

Star Brandon Victor Dixon also addressed Pence directly, saying the cast are 'the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children... but we truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our American values to work on behalf of all of us… all of us.'

Trump responded angrily on Twitter, saying that the cast should 'apologize' for addressing Pence in that way.

There was no stopping the Thanksgiving party, thanks to local law enforcement

He may not be sitting President yet, but Trump has certainly got the extensive motorcade down to a tee

Former Secret Service agents Dan Bongino and Arnette Heintze said Trump's neighbors should expect some security-related disruptions now that he is President-elect, such as the possible construction of a helipad, but it shouldn't be too stressful.

'Mar-a-Lago is a Secret Service agent's dream to secure. It is everything you would want,' Bongino said. 'You have limited access and a really exclusive enclave where people who don't live down there will generally stick out pretty quickly.'

Mar-a-Lago's members, who pay a $100,000 initiation fee and $14,000 annual dues, can expect to walk through metal detectors and have their cars and luggage sniffed by bomb dogs when Trump is there.

The route will have to be shut down every time Trump goes to Mar-a-lago

Still, Bongino and Heintze said, Secret Service agents will do their best to allow the resort to operate near normalcy while still protecting Trump.

'Look at when the President visits the Waldorf Astoria in New York. There are a lot of people who live there,' Heintze said. 'They aren't thrown out.'

The Coast Guard has issued restrictions barring boaters from coming close to the resort during Trump's stay, and the Federal Aviation Administration has forbidden private planes from flying overhead below 3,000 feet.