President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE on Saturday defended the size of his inaugural crowd from the previous day after comparisons were drawn to a packed National Mall during inaugural ceremonies for President Obama.

The imagery of thousands of people crowding into the nation's capital saw another twist Saturday when hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Washington, D.C., for a women's march.

The profile of both events prompted several observers to compare the crowd size of the inauguration to the women's protest.



CNN on Saturday highlighted images from EarthCam's live feed of the National Mall during the same time period on both to compare crowd sizes on both days.

Here's the most objective possible way to compare Trump's crowd size to the Women's March -https://t.co/6YDAi1eIQl pic.twitter.com/17i0E59Iyc — Zach Wolf (@zbyronwolf) January 21, 2017

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CNN noted that it is impossible to know the exact number of people who attended the inauguration or Saturday's march, though many on the ground reported huge numbers Saturday.



The organizers of the woman's rights event Saturday said that the crowd became too big for a planned march to the White House.



According to the Associated Press, the crowd for the march was originally estimated to be around 200,000, before growing to nearly half a million, the organizers said.



Trump on Saturday defended the size of his crowd during the inauguration, accusing the media of lying about the estimates.



"Honestly it looked like a million and half people, whatever it was it was," Trump said during remarks at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Va.



"But it went all the way back to the Washington Monument ... and by mistake I get this network and it showed an empty field, and it said we drew 250,000 people. Now that's not bad, but its a lie," he added.