Nationwide protests against Trump are getting going

On the day of Donald Trumps Military parade in Washington have demonstrators against the nationwide policy The US president gathered: In dozens of cities across the United States, people took to the streets under the motto « No Kings » (no kings). Among other things, they accuse Trump of exceeding his legal powers and trying to rule like a king.

Trump has a military parade organized in Washington on Saturday. The occasion is the 250th day of foundation of the US army. But it is also the 79th birthday of the US President. According to surveys, a large part of the US population is against the parade, while it is approved in Trump’s Republican Party.

In the anti-trump protests, for example, thousands of demonstrators defied the rain in New York. There were also large crowds on TV pictures in cities such as Atlanta, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. In Florida, protesters were stopped by the police on the way to Trump’s residence Mar-A-Lago. In the capital Washington, the “Refuse Fascism” coalition (rejects fascism) organized a smaller demonstration. In the meantime there was a counter demo in Miami, in which the participants congratulated Trump for his birthday, as the broadcaster NBC reported.