Americans Warn Trump to be ‘Hands Off’

The recent anti-Trump demonstrations have proved that the American public can’t be fooled for long as growing political awareness and discontent continue to shape the national discourse, says Asad Mirza

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As thousands of anti-Trump demonstrators gathered in cities around the globe on Saturday, as the impact of tariffs and cuts to government agencies galvanised the first big wave of protest against the Trump 2.0 administration.

The rallies came just days after Donald Trump upended the global economy by using rarely invoked emergency powers to unleash tariff hikes on almost every country in the world, wiping out trillions of dollars in market value.

Those who attended the protests cited a long list of administration policies from aggressive trade advice, layoffs across the federal workforce, deportations of illegal immigrants, attacks on the transgender community and threats to invade Venezuela, to Trump’s ally and adviser Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Protesters also gathered in European cities including London, Lisbon and Paris and demonstrated in front of a Tesla showroom in Berlin. The electric vehicle maker has become a focal point of protests against the billionaire chief executive, and there have been multiple attacks on US. vehicles and dealerships across the US.

Protesters on the National Mall in Washington - the largest gathering - held placards with slogans including “Penguins against Tariffs,” “Send Musk to Mars,” and “Make My 401k Great Again.”

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