The inauguration of new president Donald Trump has led to a lot of protest and controversy across the country.

A common slogan frequently seen on signs is “Not My President!”, disowning the 45th president. Although people have every right to a peaceful protest and have some legitimate reasons to do so, it must stop.

Throughout Trump’s campaign until now, controversy has stemmed from his call for a Muslim ban, a 12 year old Hollywood video degrading women, and building a wall and Mexico paying for it. These and other decisions have many people thinking he is unfit for office and shouldn’t even be president.

However, a protest only makes sense if there’s a reasonable goal to be achieved. But since these protests are about disowning Trump as president, they must go. Because, no matter what, when every American wakes up tomorrow, Trump will still be president.

These protests will accomplish nothing in the end, but only highlight the division of the country. The best thing for this country is to give Trump a chance no matter how hard that may be. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton executed this with class during her concession speech. “We must accept this result and then look to the future. Donald Trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead.”

If you’re an American, Trump’s your president like it or not, so give him a chance. Just as we gave Obama, Bush, Bill Clinton, and more a chance, why not Donald Trump? Because at the end of the day, Trump is the President of the United States of America, and if you’re an American you have to live with that for at least the next four years, like it or not.

Updated: The headline from this story has been changed from “Not my President” to “everybody’s president” to better reflect the views of the guest columnist.