Eight million people took to the streets in the United States to protest against President Trump. The figure is the one made known by the organizers of the “No Kings” demonstrations, organized in the main US cities. Protests that the White House has branded as “therapy sessions” for “Trump disorder”, a term used by the president of the United States and the majority to mock the opposition. The “No Kings” movement, made up of dozens of organizations and activists opposed to the Trump government, organized over 3,300 protests in the 50 states on Saturday to condemn what they define as “authoritarianism” on the part of the president.
The main event was in Minneapolis
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Minneapolis, which hosted the main event of the third protest since the grassroots movement kicked off last year. The city returns to act as a backdrop to the discontent of Americans a few months after the protests that had shocked the city following the federal raids against immigrants. The raids in January caused the death of two US citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both at the hands of federal agents (ICE), transforming the city into a focal point of the immigration crackdown wanted by President Donald Trump.
Bruce Springsteen in St. Paul
In nearby St. Paul, however, Bruce Springsteen was the main attraction of the event, during which he played his song “Streets of Minneapolis”, which he wrote in homage to Good and Pretti shortly after their deaths. “Their courage, their sacrifice and their names will not be forgotten,” Springsteen said of the two deceased Americans. Thousands of people chanted: “No to Kings, no to ICE, no to war!”https://gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/mondo/2026/03/29/almeno-otto-milioni-di-americano-alle-manifestazioni-no-kings-contro-trump-la-casa-bianca-sminuisce-56d27d0a-9d06-4ec6-a06c-c80c973deaa6/.”Your strength and commitment have shown us that this is still America, and that this reactionary nightmare and the invasions of American cities will never live,” Springsteen told the crowd.
“Rights for all”
Pamela Sinness, 73, told AFP that she attended the demonstration because she believes “in equal rights for all people, including immigrants who come to our country.” “It’s wonderful to see all these like-minded people gathered here, because Minnesotans have been deeply shocked by the violence and disrespect shown to everyone, as well as by the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti on our streets,” he said.
In the crowd, many carried signs and banners with protest slogans, including some as simple as “ICE OUT,” in reference to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency that implements Trump’s immigration policy. From the stage of the rally, the governor of Minnesota Tim Walz, a Democrat, thanked the crowd for standing up to Trump, who he called a “wannabe dictator”. Democratic politician Bernie Sanders also spoke at the rally: “We will never accept a president who is a pathological liar, a kleptocrat and a narcissist who is undermining the Constitution of the United States and the rule of law every day.”