Opponents of the US President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk gathered on Saturday in the USA and around the world to protest against administration activities regarding the reduction of the government, the economy, human rights and other issues.
In the United States over 1,200 “hands!” Demonstrations were planned by over 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, trade unions, supporters of 2SLGBTQ+, veterans and electoral activists. Protest places included the National Mall in Washington, state capitol and other locations in all 50 states.
The protesters attacked the movements of Trump's administration to release thousands of federal employees, close to the field offices of the social security administration, effectively shutterlights of entire agencies, deport immigrants, scalp the protection of transgender persons and limit federal financing of health programs.
Countries were also held in countries around the world, including in Great Britain, Portugal, Germany and India.
Musk, an adviser to Trump, who owns Tesla, SpaceX and the Social Media Platform X, played a key role in reducing the government as the head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency. He says he saves billions of dollars of taxpayers.
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Speaking in the protest in Washington, Paul Osade, a lawyer of the Department of Mieszp and Development of Cities and a trade union manager, criticized Trump, Musk and others in administration for underestimating the work in which federal employees perform in creating “the basics of economic security and power for people working.”
“Billionaires and oligarchs do not value anything but profit and run, and certainly when the hell they do not value you, your life or your community,” he said. “We see that they don't care who they have to destroy or who they have to hurt to get what they want.”
In Massachusetts, thousands of people gathered on common signs from Boston, including “hands from our democracy” and “Incorporation of equality of diversity makes America strong. Hands!” In Ohio, hundreds gathered in rainy conditions in Statehouse in Columbus.
66 -year -old Roger Broom, a pensioner from Delaware, Ohio, said Columbus at the rally that he was a Reagan Republican, but was turned off by Trump.
“It breaks this country,” said Broom. “It's just a complaint administration.”
Hundreds of people also demonstrated in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a few kilometers from the Trump's golf course in Jupiter, where he spent the morning in the Senior Club championships. People set both sides of PGA Drive, encouraging cars to honk and chanting slogans against Trump.
Archer Moran from Port of St. Lucie, Florida, said: “They must hold their hands away from our social security.”
“The list of what they need to keep their hands away, is too long,” said Moran. “And it's amazing how quickly these protests have taken place since he took office.”
According to the White House, the president plans to play again on Sunday.
When asked about protests, the White House said in a statement: “The position of President Trump is clear: he will always protect social insurance, Medicare and Medicaid for qualifying beneficiaries. Meanwhile, the position of democrats provides social benefits, Medicaid and Medicare to illegal Aliens, which will go bankrupt these programs and crushed American seniors.”
Activists have repeatedly issued nationwide demonstrations against Trump or Musk since Trump returned to the office. But the opposition movement has not yet created mass mobilization, such as the Women's March in 2017, which brought thousands of women to Washington, after the first inauguration of Trump or demonstrations of Black Lives Matter, which broke out in many cities after killing George Floyd in 2020.