Seven million rally against Trump's 'authoritarianism'

Demonstrators turn out across US for 'No Kings' protests

- KELLY RISSMAN IN NEW YORK

Nearly 7 million demonstrators in small towns and cities across the USA showed up yesterday for the “No Kings” protests to rally against Donald Trump’s presidency, according to organisers.

The president declared he was “not a king” on Fox News on Friday, but that didn’t prevent millions of rally-goers in more than 2,500 locations across the US protesting against the second Trump administration. Yesterday’s event marked the third mass mobilisation since Mr Trump reclaimed the White House last year.

The event marked one of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in US history, surpassing the more than 5 million demonstrators who turned up to the first iteration of “No Kings” protests in June, organisers said.

“Today, millions of people showed that we, the people, will not be silenced,” Deirdre Schifeling, chief political and advocacy officer for the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement.

Protesters at rallies across the country shouted a common refrain: “Hey hey! Ho ho! Donald Trump has got to go!” Inflatable suits, revolutionary war references, and posters depicting Mr Trump in a crown were ubiquitous.

Organisers called the protests “overwhelmingly peaceful.”