Protests against President Donald Trump and his administration could become one of the largest demonstrations in the nation’s history, with Minnesota at the center, according to organizers of “No Kings” rallies across the United States on Saturday.
They noted that more than 3,100 events were planned in all 50 states, with more than nine million people expected to attend, the AP reported.
The protests began earlier in the day with a rally in Paris where several hundred people, mainly Americans living in France, along with French labor unions and human rights groups, gathered in the Bastille and held anti-Trump banners with slogans such as “War for profit, our troops are not for sale” and “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty.”
Protesters take part in the national “No Kings” day of protest near the Lincoln Memorial on March 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo: AFP)(AFP)Demonstrators take part in the ‘No Kings’ protest as part of nationwide demonstrations against US President Donald Trump’s policies in Washington, DC, US, March 28, 2026 (Image: Reuters)(REUTERS)
What did the organizer say?
Ada Shen, an organizer of Paris No Kings, said: “I protest against all of Trump’s illegal, immoral, reckless and reckless endless wars.” It’s clear that he doesn’t really have a plan. It is clear that this is an abuse of power. It is abundantly clear that he is a strong man who is abusing the authority that the American people have invested in him as our president-elect.”
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They also marked a rally at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul as a major national event, acknowledging the state’s central role in protests following the fatal shootings of federal agents during an immigration crackdown that made Minnesota a hotbed of backlash.
The event will be headlined by Bruce Springsteen, who is set to perform “Streets of Minneapolis,” a song he wrote in response to the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and in tribute to the widespread protests across the state. His “No Kings” U.S. tour, Land of Hope & Dreams, is set to kick off Tuesday in Minneapolis.
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Organizers in Minnesota told state officials that up to 100,000 people were expected to gather on the Capitol grounds, compared to an estimated 80,000 for a similar event last June.
At the gathering of St. Paul will also be attended by singer Joan Baez, actor Jane Fonda, Senator Bernie Sanders, along with many activists, labor leaders and elected representatives.
The White House dismissed the nationwide protests as being driven by “left-wing financial networks” and lacking real public support. Meanwhile, demonstrations are also being organized in more than a dozen countries across Europe, Latin America and Australia, according to Ezra Levin, co-CEO of Indivisible, one of the groups leading the movement.
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He added that in countries with a constitutional monarchy, protests are held under the banner of “No Tyrants”.
For those unable to attend in person, another activist group, Stand Up For Science, is organizing an online event that aims to be “virtual and accessible.”
National organizers said during a virtual press conference Thursday that they predict Saturday’s demonstrations will surpass earlier rounds of No Kings rallies, which they estimated drew more than five million participants in June and more than seven million in October.
Leah Greenberg, co-executive director of Indivisible, said the administration’s actions anger not only Democratic voters and residents of major urban centers, but also people in rural areas, suburbs and across the country. She noted that the significance of Saturday’s mobilization lies not only in the number of participants, but also in the wide geographical spread of the protests.
Greenberg added that about two-thirds of RSVPs came from non-metropolitan areas, highlighting increased registration in conservative states like Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, South Dakota and Louisiana, as well as competitive suburban areas in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona.
Katie Bethell, executive director of MoveOn, another key organizer, said the No Kings protests involved millions of people from different backgrounds, from rural communities to big cities. “And when we do that, we send the loudest and clearest message yet that this country does not belong to kings, to dictators, to tyrants. It belongs to us,” Bethell added.
