Anti Trump Protests Across US

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Is this the start of a fightback?
Anti fart protests in more than 1000 cities across the US.
Tens of thousands massed in Washington with placards and banners.
Luckily for the orange shit and his cronies these are not violent thugs like his maga fans who broke into the Capitol threatening murder.
It is going to be a long, hard fight back to normality for America but AIBU to think that the tide will turn?

Thank God. The guy is seriously deranged
He wants a world recession all part of his master plan

Is it his master plan or Putin's?

... their only recourse is to protest, surely

Of course, @BustingBaoBun, my concern is the "how", and to clarify I believe the demos are pointless because many will take no notice beyond "Oh god they're at it again"

As for the guy deported to El Salvador, I agree that on the face of things it's a disgrace. However I don't know all the details so will watch to see if he's returned by today (which is what I believe the judge ordered)

"because most pulling-aside in immigration is done on the basis of intelliegence already received"
Of the 238 sent to Salvadoran mega prison, 75% didn't have a criminal record according to CBS news. They cross referenced domestic and international court records, news and arrest records.

@Puzzledandpissedoff In March, Federal Judge Boasberg ruled that a plane loaded with 137 people (who had been denied immigration hearings in court—even Nazis found in the US after WWII were given their constitutional right to court hearings to determine whether they should be extradited for trial at Nuremberg) be stopped and turned around.

Trump and his team ignored this ruling and took those 137 people to the El Salvador prison. Trump called Federal Judge Boasberg a left-wing liberal judge. Yes, a total left-wing liberal, nominated by none other than….Republican George W Bush.

A court order means jack squat in the Trump administration.

Totally agree with this, and I suspect that anyone who's ever been on a big protest would agree, too.

It gives a very real sign that there is opposition, and that a large body of people are bloody pissed off. That can help create a climate where politicians and other public figures feel more comfortable about speaking out against a government's actions.

I know, Notonthestairs, but the "advance intelligence recived" was in reply to a PP worried about taking in their phone through immigration rather than the removal of someone already in the country

Certainly mistakes get made and innocent people get trapped in the net - this latest guy seemingly among them - but equally it's nothing new for someone to claim innocence in the hope of creating a media storm when in fact they're anything but

Trump administration have admitted that they sent Maryland man to El Salvador prison by mistake

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5347427/maryland-el-salvador-error

And the democratic vote was won by Trump who will be there for 4 years
All the placard waving in the worlds will not change that

There are processes that work to limit such cavalier mistakes.

It seems to indicate a desire for a quick headline grab (and perhaps something for the President's social media) rather than a sincere intention to reduce crime.

Agree some people just love to wave a placard it makes them feel good about themselves

I think it's a step forward in the right direction.

However I can't help thinking that it will take civil unrest and arrests for anything to start yo shift. I hate to think about civil war but I wouldn't rule it out completely.

The protests won't bother Rump at all.

I'm sure some people are out there for fun, but so what? Trump basically won by providing entertainment. I don't know why the Republicans are allowed to be irresponsible, grafting, lying, felonious sexual assaulters but Democrats are required to be the serious, norm-protecting, pinch-mouthed guardians of societal rectitude. People and political movements don't have to choose just one avenue of making themselves heard.

Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an historian who's an expert in authoritarianism says:
@Authoritarians want people to be so resigned and hopeless and feeling that it’s their destiny to be in political situations without agency and rights that they give up…”

That's the point of these protests. To fight against resignation and hopelessness.

Plus, it's a big tent and there's room for everyone. Even Trump voters who have realised that Elon Musk and Trump are making them poorer and sicker and stupider.

The placard wavers haven't broken the law or ignored legal processes.

So what does that mean to you? That those who disagree with him tuck their tails between their legs and meekly bow down and go home for four years? Fuck that.

It's not about getting rid of Trump. It's about opposing what he is doing and communicating that to him and the Republican Party.

Well.... the judge in question ordered for the plane not to take off, and that was ignored.

I find it worrying and indeed sad that you think demonstrations and protests are 'pointless'. Pictures of the protests were beamed all round the world, because it has to be pointed out that the people of the US are not all behind him. A lot of republicans have turned too. And there will be more.

Very many protests over decades are imprinted on my brain for all the right reasons... they weren't 'pointless'

Apathy gets you absolutely nowhere.

Putin's, obviously. Trump is too thick to plan complicated things like that.

But if you get pulled for a random check, do you want to risk them finding anything blasphemous on there? The detention centres are utterly inhumane, using a burner phone for the trip seems like a small price to pay.

Neither did the bloke who ended up in El Salvador.

I was on Fifth Avenue and observed the march in NYC going past (on holiday here).

My observations and that it was colossal, that it was grassroots (I’d say over 90% of the placards I saw were homemade), it was peaceful (I didn’t feel at all unsafe) but it didn’t come across as a fun day out either. It felt very genuine.

Were there any marches in the Red States yet?

The protest marches are in all 50 states

Yes. I live in a red state and there were several here. Smaller crowds than the big cities in blue states - red states have smaller, more rural populations - but definitely happening. We have protesters outside the local Tesla dealership every week too.

I read somewhere that, apparently, if you are going on holiday to the US, your phone can be checked at immigration and your stance on the government on social media might mean you are not allowed in.
Does that include Mumsnet ?
Eeek !