A million more participants and 600 additional processions compared to last October’s demonstration. This movement has emerged as the largest generator of protests since the billionaire Republican returned to the White House.
American authorities do not provide any official figures.
“We believe the Constitution is threatened in multiple ways. The situation is not normal, not acceptable. That’s why we’re here, to help keep people safe and ensure their voices are heard,” said 36-year-old former veteran Marc McCaughey to AFP, who came to protest in Atlanta, Georgia.
In the capital Washington, just a few streets from the White House, 67-year-old Robert Pavosevich says Donald Trump “just keeps lying.” “I think more and more people are angry, and I think things will slowly change,” he affirms.
Meanwhile, the American president was playing golf at his private club in Florida on Saturday afternoon.
In Michigan, in Lansing, a protester was carrying a sign that read “No kings, no ICE (immigration police), no war.”
Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of New York, where actor Robert De Niro, a staunch critic of Donald Trump, led the march.
“Previous presidents have already tested the constitutional limits of their power, but none have represented such an existential threat to our freedoms and security. It must be stopped,” he urged.
Across the Atlantic, in Rome, Amsterdam, Madrid, and Athens, there were also rallies against the American president.
Minneapolis, the epicenter earlier this year of the US government’s anti-immigration offensive, was chosen as the focal point of the mobilization on Saturday, along with its twin city, Saint Paul, where 200,000 people protested, according to No Kings.
Rock legend Bruce Springsteen performed his song “Streets of Minneapolis,” written in tribute to two Americans killed by federal agents during immigration police operations, Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
At the podium of this Democratic city in the Midwest, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz thanked the population for opposing a “would-be dictator” like Donald Trump.
“We will never accept a president who is a pathological liar, a kleptocrat, and a narcissist who undermines the US Constitution and the rule of law every day,” reiterated Bernie Sanders, a former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.
A message applauded by a crowd convinced that political change is imminent.
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On the steps of the State Capitol, a large banner summed up the general mood: “The Revolution Begins in Minnesota.”
