{"id":689356,"date":"2026-03-29T03:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T03:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/689356\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T03:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T03:57:00","slug":"no-kings-day-protests-against-trump-take-over-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/689356\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No Kings Day\u2019 protests against Trump take over NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/manhattan\/news\/2025\/10\/18\/no-kings--demonstrations-return-to-nyc-and-nationwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mass protests<\/a>\u00a0were held around the U.S. on Saturday, including in New York City, against the Trump administration and its policies.<\/p>\n<p>What was expected to be the largest <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/manhattan\/news\/2025\/10\/17\/nyc-to-host-several--no-kings--protests-this-weekend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cNo Kings Day\u201d march<\/a> in the city was held at Columbus Circle. The protests were the latest in a series of nationwide demonstrations during President Donald Trump\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n<p><b>What You Need To Know<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mass protests are expected around the U.S. on Saturday, including in New York City, against the Trump administration and its policies<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The protests are the latest in a series of nationwide demonstrations during President Donald Trump\u2019s second term<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Organizers said it\u2019s part of a mobilization to defend democracy and fight against authoritarianism and the weaponization of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Responding to the planned demonstrations in a statement provided to NY1, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said: \u201cThe only people who care about these Trump derangement therapy sessions are the reporters who are paid to cover them\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Organizers said it\u2019s part of a mobilization to defend democracy and fight against authoritarianism and the weaponization of <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/manhattan\/news\/2026\/01\/11\/demonstrators-protest-trump-administration-in-new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> and other federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t be silent,\u201d said L. Joy Williams, the president of the NAACP New York State Conference. \u201cSo we have to demonstrate, we have to give voice to our opposition of these things happening. But at the same time, we will continue to fervently work to push back against this and try to propel this country in a different direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Protesters also spoke out against the <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2026\/03\/01\/u-s--and-israeli-strikes-against-iran-draw-protests-in-manhattan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">war in Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the demonstrations in a statement provided to NY1, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said: \u201cThe only people who care about these Trump derangement therapy sessions are the reporters who are paid to cover them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other \u201cNo Kings Day\u201d rallies were held throughout the five boroughs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mass protests\u00a0were held around the U.S. on Saturday, including in New York City, against the Trump administration and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":689357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,13565,7448,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,55432,80,52,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-689356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-app-local-state-politics","tag-app-top-stories","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-olivia-leach","tag-politics","tag-top-stories","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116310457998043319","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}