The United States prepare for the most impressive wave of protests from the arrival of Donald Trump to the White House. Under the slogan ‘Hands Off!’ (Hands down) Today the Americans affected by political, economic, social and legal changes will take to the streets. Left organizations provide that more than 500,000 people will show Washington DC, in Florida And in various other states to oppose “to authoritarian excess and the program supported by the billionaires” by Donald Trump. Moveon, one of the organizations that organized the protest day together with dozens of trade union groups, environmentalists and other progressive groups, reported that more than a thousand events are planned throughout the country.
The organizers claimed to have received almost 250,000 adhesions to the events against Trumpian policies on the management of social security subsidiesi layoffs of federal employees, the attacks on consumers’ protections and anti-immigration policies and attacks on people transgender. The protests are also against the involvement of Elon Musk in the federal government.
The most important event is the one expected at the National Mall in Washington DC, where some members of the congress, including the Democrats Jamie Raskin of Maryland, Maxwell Frost of Florida and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, will speak to the crowd.
“This is a national mobilization to stop the most brazen power taken in modern history,” says the protest website. “Trump, Musk and their billionaires are orchestrating a total assault on our government, our economy and our fundamental rights”. The protests come after the collapse of the stock market that occurred this week, following the announcement of Trump on global “mutual” duties. According to a survey by the Reuters agency, this week the US President’s approval rate dropped to 43%, the lowest level since it came into office.