Millions of people are expected to protest President Donald Trump on Saturday as part of \u201cNo Kings\u201d marches taking place in more than 2,500 cities across all 50 states \u2014 and in several European capitals.<\/p>\n
Demonstrations began earlier in the day in London, Madrid, Berlin, Stockholm and Rome, where protesters gathered outside U.S. embassies holding signs reading “Make America sane again” and “Stop making war on your own people.”<\/p>\n
By midday, marches were underway in several major U.S. cities, including Atlanta, New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.<\/p>\n
Organizers of \u201cNo Kings\u201d \u2014 not the name of a specific group, but rather a coalition of partners putting together this weekend\u2019s protests \u2014 say that Trump is acting more like a king than the leader of a democracy. The demonstrations come amid escalating conflict between federal law enforcement and protesters.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis administration is sending masked agents into our streets, terrorizing our communities. They are targeting immigrant families, profiling, arresting and detaining people without warrants,\u201d the \u201cNo Kings\u201d website<\/a> states of Trump\u2019s nationwide<\/a> immigration<\/a> crackdown<\/a>. \u201cThe president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don\u2019t have kings and we won\u2019t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty.\u201d<\/p>\n In June, more than 5 million people took to the streets nationwide for the first \u201cNo Kings\u201d demonstrations, which coincided with the U.S. Army\u2019s 250th anniversary military parade in Washington, D.C., and Trump\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n