In the National Park of the National Mall, the protesters gathered around the Washington monument. The crowd increased during the day.
Some demonstrators brought Ukrainian flags, other Palestinian “Arafatki”. As the Reuters agency reminds, Democrats in the House of Representatives criticize Trump's foreign policy. The participants of the protest also objected to Trump's economic policy, including broadly extensive duties imposed on other countries.
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In total, in all US states and abroad, OK was to take place on Saturday. 1200 protests. These are the first major speeches from Trump's swearing in to president in January this year. The American president is in Florida on Saturday, where he played golf. Then he was to return to his residence Mar-a-Lago.
Great protests against Donald Trump's policy
In Baltimore, several hundred people demonstrated in front of the headquarters of the Social Insurance Administration, which recently announced the release of 7,000. employees. These reductions are the result of the Department of Government Performance Department (DOGE), headed by billionaire Elon Musk. Many pensioners came to the protest; They brought posters with the inscriptions: “Hands from social insurance” or “slow down dog!”
A representative of the press services of the White House Liz Huston said on Saturday that Trump's position “is clear” and “he will always defend” social and health benefits “for authorized beneficiaries.” Huston added that The position of Democrats consists in providing these benefits “illegal strangers”.
Even before demonstrations in the USA, protests from Trump's opponents in European cities took place on Saturday: Berlin, Frankfurt, Paris and London.
