{"id":54290,"date":"2026-03-29T05:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=54290"},"modified":"2026-03-29T05:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:51:12","slug":"massive-protests-against-trump-across-us-on-no-kings-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/29\/massive-protests-against-trump-across-us-on-no-kings-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive protests against Trump across US on &#8216;No Kings&#8217; day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>Protests unfolded from Atlanta to San Diego, with Alaskans joining the mix later in the day.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Huge crowds of protesters rallied across the United States on Saturday against President Donald Trump, venting their fury over what they see as his authoritarian style of governing, his hardline immigration policies and the war with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers said \u201cat least 8 million people gathered today at more than 3,300 events across all 50 states,\u201d from big cities to small towns. US authorities provided no national crowd estimate.<\/p>\n<p>It was the third time in less than a year that Americans have taken to the streets as part of a grassroots movement called \u201cNo Kings,\u201d the most vocal and visual conduit for opposition to Trump since he began his second term in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In New York, America\u2019s most populous city, tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied, including Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro, a frequent Trump critic, who called the president \u201can existential threat to our freedoms and security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Protests unfolded from Atlanta to San Diego, with Alaskans joining the mix later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo country can govern without the consent of the people,\u201d 36-year-old military veteran Marc McCaughey told AFP in Atlanta, where thousands turned out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re out here because we feel that the Constitution is under threat in a multitude of different ways. Things aren\u2019t normal. They aren\u2019t okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the Michigan town of West Bloomfield, near Detroit, people braved below-freezing temperatures to protest.<\/p>\n<p>And in the US capital Washington, thousands of marchers \u2014 some carrying banners that blared \u201cTrump Must Go Now!\u201d and \u201cFight Fascism\u201d \u2014 flocked to the National Mall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe keeps lying and lying and lying and lying, and no one says anything. So it\u2019s a terrible situation we\u2019re in,\u201d 67-year-old retiree Robert Pavosevich told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Trump himself was in Florida for the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-Trump mood has spilt beyond US borders, with rallies Saturday in European cities including Amsterdam, Madrid and Rome, where 20,000 people marched under a heavy police presence.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dragged-us-deeper-into-war\">\u2018Dragged us deeper into war\u2019 <\/h3>\n<p>The first \u201cNo Kings\u201d nationwide protest day came last June on Trump\u2019s 79th birthday and coincided with a military parade he organised in Washington. Several million people turned out, from New York to San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>The second such protest, in October, drew an estimated seven million protesters, according to organisers, who said Saturday\u2019s events saw one million more participants and 600 additional demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Just as Trump is worshipped by many in his \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d movement, he is disliked with equal passion on the other side of America\u2019s wide political chasm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: Iran warns civilians as Trump claims talks \u2018going well\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s approval rating has sunk below 40 percent and midterm elections loom in November, with his Republican Party at risk of losing control of both chambers of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Foes bemoan his penchant for ruling by executive decree, his use of the Justice Department to prosecute opponents, his apparent obsession with fossil fuels and climate change denial \u2014 and his taste for flexing US military power after campaigning as a man of peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the last time we marched, this administration has dragged us deeper into war,\u201d said Naveed Shah of Common Defence, a veterans\u2019 association connected to the \u201cNo Kings\u201d movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt home, we\u2019ve watched citizens killed in the streets by militarised forces. We\u2019ve seen families torn apart and immigrant communities targeted. All of it done in the name of one man trying to rule like a king.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-springsteen-in-minnesota\">Springsteen in Minnesota <\/h3>\n<p>While organisers said rallies were staged across the country, from major cities to suburbs and rural areas \u2014 and even in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue, above the Arctic circle \u2014 a key focus point was the northern state of Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>This winter, the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul became ground zero for the national debate over Trump\u2019s violent immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>Leftist US politician Bernie Sanders addressed the Minnesota rally, telling the crowd: \u201cWe will never accept a president who is a pathological liar, a kleptocrat and a narcissist who is undermining the Constitution of the United States and the rule of law every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Legendary rocker Bruce Springsteen, a fierce critic of the president, performed his song \u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d in St. Paul, the capital of the state, where tens of thousands gathered.<\/p>\n<p>Springsteen wrote and recorded the protest ballad in just 24 hours in memory of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two US citizens shot dead by federal agents during January protests against Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir bravery, their sacrifice and their names will not be forgotten,\u201d Springsteen said before breaking into song.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: Middle East war latest: Pentagon readying for ground operations \u2013 report<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Massive #protests #Trump #Kings #day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protests unfolded from Atlanta to San Diego, with Alaskans joining the mix later in the day. 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