{"id":168498,"date":"2025-10-18T12:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T12:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/no-kings-protest-live-updates-millions-expected-to-gather-across-the-us-for-anti-trump-protests-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T12:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T12:22:53","slug":"no-kings-protest-live-updates-millions-expected-to-gather-across-the-us-for-anti-trump-protests-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/no-kings-protest-live-updates-millions-expected-to-gather-across-the-us-for-anti-trump-protests-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No Kings\u2019 protest live updates: millions expected to gather across the US for anti-Trump protests – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Organizers expect more than 2,500 demonstrations across country after high turnout at June protests as Robert De Niro urges Americans to \u2018stand up and be counted\u2019
Organisers say there are more than 2,500 protests planned across the country. Take a look at<\/strong> where they are expected to take place:
The protests start at different times depending on location. The No Kings website<\/a> has details for each location.
Millions are expected to show out for protests on Saturday at more than 2,500 locations across America, from small towns to large cities, to speak against the Trump administration<\/a>.
No Kings, the coalition behind a mass demonstration in June, is again calling people to the streets to send the simple message that Donald Trump is not a king, pushing back against what they see as increasing authoritarianism.
Several US cities now have a militarised presence on the ground, most against the will of local leaders. Trump has promised to crack down on dissent as part of an ongoing retribution campaign. Still, organisers say they expect to see one of the largest, if not the largest, single day of protest in US history.
What are the No Kings protests?<\/strong>
A coalition of left-leaning groups is again leading a day of mass demonstrations across the US to protest against the Trump administration. The coalition spearheaded a previous No Kings protest day in June, drawing millions to the streets to speak out against the president on the same day Trump held a military parade in Washington.
The protests are called No Kings to underscore that America does not have kinds of absolute rulers, a ding against Trump\u2019s increasing authoritarianism.
\u201c\u2018NO KINGS\u2019 is more than just a slogan; it is the foundation our nation was built upon,\u201d a website for the protests, nokings.org<\/a>, says. \u201cBorn in the streets, shouted by millions, carried on posters and chants, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.\u201d
Where are they happening?<\/strong>
Organisers say there are more than 2,500 protests planned across the country, in the largest cities and in small towns, and in all 50 states. It is part of a distributed model where people protest in their own communities rather than travelling to large urban hubs to show that discontent with Trump exists in all corners of the US.
For the 18 October day of action, organisers have identified several anchor cities: Washington DC; San Francisco; San Diego; Atlanta; New York City; Houston, Texas; Honolulu; Boston; Kansas City, Missouri; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago and New Orleans.
The protests start at different times depending on location. The No Kings website has a map with details for each location.
Read more about who organised the protests<\/a>, why organisers are asking protesters to wear yellow, what Trump has said about them and more in our Q&A here:
Donald Trump has promised to crack down on dissent and sent troops into US cities. His allies are claiming antifa, the decentralized antifascist movement, is behind plans to protest. He\u2019s looking for any pretext to go after his opponents.
Still, this Saturday, even in cities with troops on the ground, millions of people are expected to march against the president as part of a second \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest. The last No Kings protest in June drew several million people across more than 2,000 locations. This time, more than 2,500 cities and towns nationwide are hosting protests.
Read more about the preparation\u2019s for Saturday\u2019s protests here:
Hello and welcome to the Guardian\u2019s coverage of the protests due to take place across the country on Saturday, dubbed \u2018No Kings\u2019 in protest at the Trump administration<\/a>.
Leaders of the movement estimated during a press conference on Thursday that there will be more than 2,500 demonstrations throughout the US. \u201cWe do not expect there to be any need for the National Guard to be deployed, but if the Trump administration attempts to do that as a way to intimidate peaceful protests, we are prepared for that,\u201d they added.
Leaders of the coalition also said that they don\u2019t anticipate anything other than a peaceful protest, and don\u2019t currently have any information that would suggest any outside agitator groups are planning to disrupt the coordinated demonstrations.
Millions of people turned out for similar protests on Saturday 14 June<\/a> as Donald Trump held a military parade in the streets of Washington DC.
<\/path><\/svg>The protests took place at about 2,100 sites<\/a> nationwide, from big cities to small towns. A coalition<\/a> of more than 100 groups joined together to plan the protests, which are committed to a principle of nonviolence.
No Kings organizers estimated the day\u2019s events drew millions of people, in all 50 states and to some cities abroad. These included more than 200,000 in New York and over 100,000 in Philadelphia, plus some small towns with sizable crowds for their populations, including the town of Pentwater, Michigan, which saw 400 people join the protest in their 800-person town, the No Kings coalition said.
The protests were largely peaceful, though some \u2013 in Los Angeles and Portland \u2013 were later deemed unlawful assembly<\/a> by law enforcement and met with teargas<\/a>.
The tenor of the day was also marked by political violence. There were two early morning shootings<\/a> of two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, one of whom was killed along with her husband, in what local officials called a politically motivated attack. The state\u2019s police and governor cautioned people to not attend demonstrations across the state \u201cout of an abundance of caution\u201d.
Earlier this week, Robert De Niro urged Americans to \u201cstand up and be counted\u201d<\/a> in the protests, characterising Trump as an aspiring tyrant who aims to end American democracy.<\/p>\n

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