More than 9 million Americans protest against Trump's policies
Afrasianet - In a striking scene reflecting the escalating public anger, hundreds of demonstrators gathered on ocean beach in San Francisco, California, where they lined up in an orderly manner to form a huge phrase written in English (trump must go now!), in a direct message calling for the departure of us president Donald trump.
Local media and photographers broadcast a video showing the participants standing in rows on the sand, with the text clearly visible when filmed from above, in a striking visual scene.
The move was part of a wave of widespread protests under the slogan "No Kings", in which millions of Americans came out across the country, rejecting what they described as Trump's "authoritarian" policies, and criticizing the US role in the ongoing war against Iran.
The demonstrations spread to major cities such as Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, where thousands gathered in public squares holding banners denouncing the attacks launched by the United States in cooperation with Israel on Tehran, arguing that these operations threaten to expand the war in the region.
Protesters raised slogans calling for an end to military escalation, stressing that current policies are pushing for more global instability, at a time of growing fears about the war's repercussions on international security and energy markets.
These scenes, especially the human message on a San Francisco beach, reflect a shift in protest tactics, as aerial imagery and direct visual messages have become key tools for conveying popular attitudes and communicating political messages more effectively.
The White House described the protests in the country as "the product of left-wing funding networks that do not have real popular support," according to a White House spokeswoman's statement.
For the third time in less than a year, Americans have been called to the streets as part of the "No Kings" movement, the most prominent anti-Trump movement since he began his second term in early 2025.
Participants in the "No Kings" marches across the United States took to the streets on Saturday to take part in demonstrations organized to protest the actions of President Donald Trump and his administration, in one of the largest protests in American history, with the state of Minnesota leading the scene.
Organisers say more than 3,100 events have been registered in all 50 states, with more than 9 million people expected to take part.
Tens of thousands of people were estimated to have taken part in rallies in Washington on Saturday morning.
The organizers accuse Trump of ignoring the basic principles of a democratic rule of law, of concentrating power inappropriately for a U.S. president and reminiscent of the methods of authoritarian rulers.
About 100,000 people were expected to attend the main rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, an Upper Midwest state that became a focus of tension during Trump's immigration crackdown earlier this year, when large numbers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were sent there.
Many of the protests have been planned in conservative rural areas, usually a stronghold of pro-Trump Republicans, according to US media reports.
The protests began with a rally in the French capital Paris on Saturday morning, where several hundred people, mostly Americans living in France, along with French trade unions and human rights organizations, gathered in the Place de la Bastille.
During the rally, anti-Trump banners were raised, which read: "War for profits... Our forces are not for sale" and "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty."
Ada Sheen, an organizer of the No Kings demonstrations in Paris, said: "I protest against all of Trump's illegal, immoral, reckless wars... It's really clear that he doesn't have a plan. Clearly, the abuse of power is the goal. "It is very clear that he is a strongman who abuses the power that the American people have given him as our elected president."
In the United States , the march at the Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, has been designated as the national flagship event in recognition of how the state where federal agents shot dead two people who were following Trump's anti-immigration campaign has become a center of resistance.
Organizers of the Minnesota protests have told state officials they expect 100,000 people to flock to the Capitol, where last June's event drew an estimated 80,000 people.
