{"id":6070,"date":"2026-08-15T12:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T12:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=6070"},"modified":"2026-08-15T12:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T12:55:14","slug":"no-kings-protests-symbolises-global-frustration-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=6070","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No Kings\u2019 Protests Symbolises Global Frustration With Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Asad Mirza<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

28 March 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 3,000 \u2018No Kings\u2019 protests against the Trump administration were held across America and in more than a dozen countries on Saturday (March 27), according to a coalition of organisers that included \u201canti-authoritarian\u201d groups – Indivisible and 50501, labour unions and other grassroots organisations.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, March 27 protests were the third \u2018No Kings\u2019 protest against US President Donald Trump; the last one in October 2025 drew seven million people nationwide. At the recent \u201cflagship\u201d event in Minnesota\u2019s Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St Paul, organisers estimate around 200,000 people filled the streets around the state capital to commiserate, mourn, and speak out against the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bernie Sanders, the independent Vermont senator, riled up the crowd with remarks about the role of the ultra-rich in politics. Bruce Springsteen sang his song about the death and destruction brought by ICE to the state, \u2018Streets of Minneapolis\u2019, leading the crowd in chants of \u201cIce out now!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state\u2019s governor, Tim Walz, introduced Springsteen, saying it was clear America needed \u201cno damn kings\u201d but it needed the Boss. Walz commended the state\u2019s people for standing up for each other and for immigrants when Trump sent in thousands of federal agents, who killed Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Their names were featured heavily in No Kings protest signs in the city. Jane Fonda even read a statement from Good\u2019s wife, Brenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a The Guardian<\/em><\/a> report, in New York City, multiple \u2018No Kings\u2019 contingents merged through Times Square, as well as the outer boroughs. Minutes before the main march was set to take off from Central Park, the state\u2019s attorney general, Letitia James; the city\u2019s public advocate, Jumaane Williams; actor Robert DeNiro; the Rev Al Sharpton; and Padma Lakshmi filed into the front of the crowd holding hand-painted banners that read: \u201cWe protect our democracy \u2013 people over billionaires \u2013 we protect our neighbours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Washington DC, one protest group, made up of about a dozen Palestinian mothers, stood at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and waved a 10ft-tall Palestinian flag. \u201cMost Americans don\u2019t know that our tax dollars are being used to subsidise violence,\u201d Hazami Barmada, 42, said. \u201cThis is happening while many Americans can\u2019t afford housing, milk, school or healthcare. Prices continue to go up as we are fighting Israel\u2019s wars.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other protesters, led by local activist organisations including Free DC, gathered at the Frederick Douglass Bridge in south-east Washington DC. The crowd marched across the bridge to Fort McNair in Southwest DC, where the White House senior adviser Stephen Miller resides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In downtown Chicago, protestors chanted \u201cTrump must go now, fascists gotta go now\u201d and \u201cIce out\u201d as they filed into Grant Park. Chicago\u2019s mayor, Brandon Johnson, addressed the crowd of thousands: \u201cLook around, our movement is bigger, our resolve is bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other speakers at Chicago\u2019s rally discussed labour rights and keeping immigrant and trans communities safe. \u201cWhen we build a world that protects trans people, we build a world that\u2019s better for everyone,\u201d said Iggy Ladden, the founder of the Chicago Therapy Collective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House and Republican leadership denounced Saturday\u2019s \u2018No Kings\u2019 day events as \u201cTrump Derangement Therapy Sessions\u201d. In a statement, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said the demonstrations were created by \u201cleftist funding networks\u201d and that \u201conly people who care about these \u2018Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions\u2019 are the reporters who are paid to cover them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BBC<\/a> says that since returning to the White House in January 2025, Trump has expanded the scope of presidential power, using executive orders to dismantle parts of the federal government and deploying National Guard troops to US cities despite objections by state governors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president has also called on the administration’s top law enforcement officials to prosecute his perceived political enemies. In his defence, the president says his actions are necessary to rebuild a country in crisis and has dismissed accusations that he is a behaving like a dictator as hysterical. “They’re referring to me as a king. I’m not a king,” he said in an interview with Fox News in October last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But critics warn some of the moves by his administration are unconstitutional and a threat to the American democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These protests came amidst reports that around 3,500 US Marines have been sent to the war zone in the Middle East. This points out to alleged reports by some Trump advisers not to send ground forces to the region, as it may further escalate the conflict and may prove to be another Vietnam for the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, apparently the US President doesn\u2019t seem to be bothered by all these advices. Instead, he is seen busy in mocking the Iranian leaders and establishment and even mockingly describing Strait of Hormuz as Strait of Trump. In retaliation, Iranian newspapers gave banner headlines \u201cWelcome To Hell\u201d to the US soldiers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the disruption in global oil supply chain increases, it will have a rippling effect on other supply chains. This in turn would lead to an increase in economic woes and hardships not just for the American citizens but across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest \u2018No Kings\u2019 protest follows recent electoral successes by the Democrats and a slump in Trump\u2019s approval ratings. Organisers were hopeful that as many as 9mn people could turn out at events in all 50 US states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Analysts say the war against Iran, rising petrol prices, stock market volatility, as well as criticism of his hardline immigration clampdown, pose a threat to the Republican Party in the November midterm elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, reportedly Pakistan and Turkey are mediating to end the conflict, but the needle has not moved much. Israeli and US militaries continue to attack Iran, and Iran continues to hit back. No one is quite sure what Trump would say, or order, next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rally organisers echo people\u2019s sentiments by repeatedly emphasising that \u2018No Kings Day\u2019 is only one aspect of broader efforts toward building people power and fighting the Trump administration \u2013 and that that work \u201cdoesn\u2019t end after March 28\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though, the war in Iran was supposed to be a spurring force for these demonstrations, but most of the protesters focussed on President Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown also, besides many politicians and even Senators and Governors joined the crowds in some states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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