{"id":163503,"date":"2025-09-17T16:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/163503\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:17:08","slug":"protests-projections-and-programs-how-britons-are-showing-their-displeasure-at-trumps-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/163503\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests, projections and programs: How Britons are showing their displeasure at Trump\u2019s visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n As Britain\u2019s royal family welcomed US President Donald Trump to Windsor Castle in a lavish ceremony<\/a> on Wednesday, the British public gave the American leader their own \u2013 markedly less friendly \u2013 response to his presence in their country.\n <\/p>\n

\n In an altogether different kind of greeting, Brits have carried out demonstrations<\/a> against the president over the last couple of days, though UK authorities have been keen to keep Trump away from any sign of public criticism.\n <\/p>\n

\n Recent polling has shown that Britons generally disapprove of Trump. A poll published Tuesday by Ipsos found that 61% of Britons say they do not like the US leader.\n <\/p>\n

\n The anti-Trump demonstrations kicked off on Tuesday evening, shortly after he touched down at London\u2019s Stansted Airport and made his way to Winfield House, the official residence of the US ambassador to the UK, in the center of the capital city.\n <\/p>\n

\n Some 25 miles away, activist group Led By Donkeys projected footage of Trump alongside convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> onto the side of Windsor Castle, where the president was set to commence his state visit the next day.\n <\/p>\n

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\n \u201cHey Donald, welcome to Windsor Castle,\u201d the group said in an Instagram post<\/a> of the stunt. It also posted a video of a timeline of interactions between the president and the late sex offender, calling it, \u201cThe story of Trump and Epstein.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Four men were arrested on suspicion of \u201cmalicious communications\u201d in connection to the demonstration, police said.\n <\/p>\n

\n A spokesperson for Led By Donkeys said in a statement that it was the first time in the group\u2019s history that any of its activists had been arrested for taking part in demonstrations involving projections, Britain\u2019s PA Media news agency reported.\n <\/p>\n

\u2018Politics of division and hatred\u2019<\/p>\n

\n On Wednesday, as Trump traveled to Windsor, protests against the US leader took place in London.\n <\/p>\n

\n Critics pointed out that local authorities were keen to shield the president from any public admonishment, keeping all scheduled events behind closed doors amid heavy security.\n <\/p>\n

\n On Thursday, Trump will again steer clear of the British public, traveling to Chequers, the prime minister\u2019s official country house northwest of London, for talks with Keir Starmer.\n <\/p>\n

\n While Trump was having lunch with royals in Windsor on Wednesday afternoon, demonstrators began to gather in the British capital, brandishing signs and flags with slogans opposing the US leader, including \u201cdump Trump,\u201d \u201cstop Trump\u201d and others featuring expletives.\n <\/p>\n

\n Some demonstrators came dressed as figures including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate, holding signs including \u201cwar criminals for Trump,\u201d \u201cmurderers for Trump\u201d and \u201cmisogynists for Trump.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Many at the protest also wielded signs that relate to specific political topics Trump has waded into, including the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Israel\u2019s war in Gaza.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe\u2019re here for broad reasons, because the politics that Donald Trump represents, politics of racism, the politics of division and hatred, politics that puts profit before the planet\u2026 are the absolute antithesis of the politics that we represent and that we\u2019re campaigning for,\u201d Ben Jamal, the director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, told CNN at the protest on Wednesday.\n <\/p>\n

\n London Mayor Sadiq Khan mirrored this sentiment in an op-ed<\/a> published by The Guardian on Tuesday, accusing him of \u201cfanning the flames of divisive, far-right politics around the world\u201d and calling on Londoners to reject his \u201cpolitics of fear and division.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

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\u2018Untruths and falsehoods\u2019<\/p>\n

\n On Wednesday evening, just as Trump is expected to unwind after finishing a state banquet held in his honor, British television network Channel 4 will broadcast an \u201cunbroken catalogue\u201d of his \u201cuntruths and falsehoods,\u201d it has said.\n <\/p>\n

\n The marathon \u201cTrump v The Truth\u201d screening is programed to air for a total of five hours for people in the UK and will display more than 100 \u201cfalsehoods, distortions and inaccuracies uttered or written by the US President since taking office in January,\u201d Channel 4 announced in a press release.\n <\/p>\n

\n Ian Katz, the chief content officer at Channel 4, said he hopes the day\u2019s events will \u201cremind viewers how disorientating and dangerous the world becomes when the most powerful man on earth shows little regard for the truth.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cAnd if President Trump cares to watch along after the state banquet, he may even clear up a few misconceptions,\u201d Katz added.\n <\/p>\n