{"id":170194,"date":"2025-11-01T05:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T05:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/there-is-opposition-to-trump-and-its-growing-letter-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T05:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T05:25:07","slug":"there-is-opposition-to-trump-and-its-growing-letter-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/there-is-opposition-to-trump-and-its-growing-letter-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"There is opposition to Trump \u2013 and it\u2019s growing | Letter &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Linda Rabben<\/strong> and her friends realise that they can\u2019t wait for the Democratic party to save them from tyranny<br \/>In her column (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/oct\/28\/trump-third-term-president-us-constitution\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump\u2019s third term? Don\u2019t laugh. He\u2019s never let the rules stop him before, 28 October<\/a>), Arwa Mahdawi declares that there is no opposition to Trump. But an estimated 7\u00a0million people participated in No\u00a0Kings demonstrations in 2,700 places around the US on 18 October.<br \/>Hundreds of thousands of people protest every day about the Trump regime\u2019s lawless actions. Sixty of my friends and neighbours stand with me at a heavily travelled intersection in north-east Baltimore, waving signs as passing cars, trucks and buses honk their horns in approval. Thousands of Americans contribute financially to legal advocacy groups bringing hundreds of lawsuits challenging the regime\u2019s illegal actions.<br \/>These are only a few examples of the vitality of a rapidly growing mass-opposition movement. We recognise that we can\u2019t wait for the Democratic party to save us from tyranny; we must save ourselves.<br \/><strong>Linda Rabben<\/strong><br \/><em>Baltimore, Maryland, US<\/em><br \/><strong><em><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"><\/span> Have an opinion on anything you\u2019ve read in the Guardian today? Please <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:guardian.letters@theguardian.com?body=Please%20include%20your%20name,%20full%20postal%20address%20and%20phone%20number%20with%20your%20letter%20below.%20Letters%20are%20usually%20published%20with%20the%20author%27s%20name%20and%20city\/town\/village.%20The%20rest%20of%20the%20information%20is%20for%20verification%20only%20and%20to%20contact%20you%20where%20necessary.\" data-link-name=\"in body link | mailto:guardian.letters@theguardian.com?body=Please%20include%20your%20name,%20full%20postal%20address%20and%20phone%20number%20with%20your%20letter%20below.%20Letters%20are%20usually%20published%20with%20the%20author%27s%20name%20and%20city\/town\/village.%20The%20rest%20of%20the%20information%20is%20for%20verification%20only%20and%20to%20contact%20you%20where%20necessary.\"><strong><em>email<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tone\/letters\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><strong><em>letters<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> section.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxQYWE1akNmbHd3SDZwQUljRnlpN19DSWFxNlVOdEszUTFhbkFJRTJfdHpHRFJOSGt3cVZpeGdSQWdyZC1kb3FsVTczdlBXMFlxcWdlR1Z6S202dHptMHlvRE01TVNUazJsMEd0QU4yMGx3LTZmUW5XSGNjOGxFOU94T0g5cVh3NlhPZUhUTml6SFc0bV9nc0pn?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda Rabben and her friends realise that they can\u2019t wait for the Democratic party to save them from tyrannyIn her column (Trump\u2019s third term? Don\u2019t laugh. He\u2019s never let the rules stop him before, 28 October), Arwa Mahdawi declares that there is no opposition to Trump. But an estimated 7\u00a0million people participated in No\u00a0Kings demonstrations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":170195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}