{"id":29203,"date":"2025-04-05T21:28:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T01:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=29203"},"modified":"2025-04-05T21:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T01:32:09","slug":"thousands-protest-against-donald-trump-and-elon-musk-at-rallies-in-all-50-us-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/04\/05\/thousands-protest-against-donald-trump-and-elon-musk-at-rallies-in-all-50-us-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands protest against Donald Trump and Elon Musk at rallies in all 50 US states"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thousands of people gathered in various cities across the US as protests against Donald Trump and Elon Musk took place in all 50 states on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Around 1,200 demonstrations were planned in locations including Washington DC,\u00a0New York City<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and West Palm Beach,\u00a0Florida<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– just miles away from where the US president has this weekend played golf.<\/p>\n

The “Hands Off!” protests were against the Trump administration’s handling of government downsizing, human rights and the economy, among other issues.<\/p>\n

In Washington DC, protesters streamed on the grass in front of the Washington Monument, where one person carried a banner which read: “Make democracy great again.”<\/p>\n

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Another protester took aim at\u00a0Mr Trump<\/a><\/strong>‘s handling of Russia and Ukraine, with a placard that read: “Stop Putin’s puppets from destroying America.”<\/p>\n

Tesla boss Mr Musk also featured on many signs due to his role in controversial government cuts as head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).<\/p>\n

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Terry Klein, a retired biomedical scientist, said she drove to the rally to protest Mr Trump’s policies on “everything from immigration to the DOGE stuff to the tariffs this week, to education”.<\/p>\n

“I mean, our whole country is under attack, all of our institutions, all the things that make America what it is,” she added.<\/p>\n

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Some at the various protests carried Ukrainian flags, while others sported rainbow attire and waved rainbow flags in support of the LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n

Other protesters wore Palestinian keffiyeh scarves and carried “Free Palestine” signs.<\/p>\n

Thousands marched in New York City’s midtown Manhattan and in Boston, Massachusetts, while hundreds gathered in the sunshine outside the Utah State Capitol building in Salt Lake City, and in the rain outside the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump – who shook financial markets with\u00a0his tariffs announcement<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0this week – spent the day in Florida, playing a round of golf before returning to his Mar-a-Lago residence.<\/p>\n

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Some four miles from Mar-a-Lago, more than 400 people gathered – and drivers honked their horns in support of protesters who held up signs including one which read: “Markets tank, Trump golfs.”<\/p>\n

The White House has said Mr Trump plans to go golfing again on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Protesters refuse to take Donald Trump\u2019s policies lying down<\/h4>\n

David Blevins<\/a><\/strong> News correspondent @skydavidblevins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

It was built to honour George Washington, a founding father of the United States.<\/p>\n

And in the shadow of the 555ft Washington Monument, protestors were refusing to accept Donald Trump\u2019s policies lying down.<\/p>\n

“Stand tall,” they chanted, again and again.<\/p>\n

“In every city, stand tall. In every state, stand tall. In truth, stand tall. In justice, stand tall.”<\/p>\n

Those words, shouted by thousands on the city\u2019s iconic mall, were reinforced by the words on their placards and t-shirts.<\/p>\n

A minister, wearing a t-shirt with ‘Troublesome Priest’ printed on it, told me she found what was happening in the US government “appalling and immortal”.<\/p>\n

One man said he had won the long-distance award, having travelled 2,750 miles from Hawaii for the protest.<\/p>\n

“I finally reached a breaking point,” he added. “I couldn\u2019t take it anymore.”<\/p>\n

Another woman said: “We have to speak up, we have to act, we have to do something, because this is not America.”<\/p>\n

I asked her what she would say to those who argue the people did speak when they elected Donald Trump as president.<\/p>\n

She replied: “Some people have spoken and then some people have not and those of us that have not, we need to speak now.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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