Thousands of Americans on the streets against Donald Trump – Liberation

Thousands of Americans demonstrated on Saturday against Donald Trump, including in Washington, for the first large -scale mobilization since the return to power of the billionaire at the end of January. From Chicago (North) to Houston (South) and New York (East) in Los Angeles (West), a series of left -wing citizen movements had called to demonstrate what they call as« Power grabbing » by the republican president in each of the 50 states. No official figure has been communicated, but the organizers of the « Bas les Pattes! » Events  » (« Hands Off! ») Avoid that 600,000 people had announced their arrival. THE Washington Post evokes tens of thousands of people, when Cnn affirms that « Millions of people have taken part in demonstrations in the United States and worldwide. »

One of the main rallies took place at the National Mall, a huge esplanade between the Capitol and the obelisk of the Washington Monument, a stone’s throw from the White House, in a good -natured atmosphere. Thousands of Americans gathered there at midday, brandishing signs with messages like « Not touching social security » Or « Fascism has arrived »,, As well as American flags upside down – originally a signal of distress in the army which has become a sign of political protest. The organizers were waiting for 20,000 people in the federal capital but said on Saturday afternoon that participation was much higher.

In addition to the large contingents of retirees, in particular the public service, have flocked many young people, including children with their parents. Several democratic tenors have spoke. « No person with moral meaning wants a dictator sabotating the economy who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing », said the elected representative of the House of Representatives Jamie Raskin.

According to CNN, Maxwell Frost, representative of Florida, has hammered: « Authoritarian leaders are never satisfied with the power they hold, so they test the limits, postpone the limits, they break the law, and then they look at the public to see if it is silent or if it is noisy. »

Since his return to the White House on January 20, Donald Trump invokes popular legitimacy to justify his All -round interventionismin the name of a maximum conception of the prerogatives of the executive. “Donald Trump and Elon Musk think that this country belongs to them. They take everything on which they can do the world and challenge them to stop them ”, Can we read in a press release published on the site of one of the organizing movements of the event.

Among the grievances of part of the population are cut in social assistance, education or research, as well as the layoffs of thousands of civil servants. Many democratic voters criticize their party for being inaudible or helpless in the face of the Trump administration’s blows.