Millions rally across US in 'No Kings' protests against Trump
Millions rally across US in 'No Kings' protests against Trump
Brad Reed

Millions rally across US in 'No Kings' protests against Trump

Millions of Americans joined coordinated ‘No Kings’ protests across the country on Saturday, in a large nationwide demonstration against President Donald Trump.

Millions of American across all 50 states on Saturday rallied against President Donald Trump and his authoritarian agenda during nationwide No Kings protests.

The flagship No Kings rally in Minneapolis, which organisers Indivisible estimated drew over 200,000 demonstrators, featured speeches from Minnesota Govenor Tim Walz and US Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ilhan Omar, and actress Jane Fonda, as well as a special performance from rock icon Bruce Springsteen, who performed Streets of Minneapolis, a song he wrote in tribute of slain protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

Organisers called it “the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in US history,” with an estimated eight million people coming out for events in communities and cities nationwide.

“From major cities to rural towns that have never seen mobilisations like this before, protesters made clear that in America, we don’t do kings,” the No Kings coalition said in a statement.

“This is what it looks like when a movement grows – not just in size, but in reach, in courage, and in more people who see themselves as part of this movement,” the organisers said. “The American people are fed up with this administration’s power grabs, an illegal war that Congress and the public haven’t approved, and the continued attempts to stifle our freedoms. We’re not waiting for change; we’re making it.”

The rally in Minneapolis was one of more than 3,300 No Kings events across the US and internationally, and aerial video footage showed massive crowds gathered for demonstrations in cities including Washington, DC, New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Diego.

In San Francisco, thousands of anti-Trump activists gathered on a local beach to form a human sign that read, “Trump must go now! No ICE, no wars, no lies, no kings.”

However, No Kings rallies weren’t just held in major US cities. In a  series of social media  posts, Indivisible co-founder Leah Greenberg collected photos and videos of No Kings events in communities including Arvada, Colorado, Madison, New Jersey, and St Augustine, Florida, as well as international No Kings events held in London and Madrid.

 

Republished from Common Dreams, 28 March 2026

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