Anti-Trump protests erupt across US under banner of 'No Kings' | News Room Odisha

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : During the government shutdown, Trump has cut off funds to programmes in several Democrat-run states.
54% : The "No Kings" theme is meant to recall the anti-British protests that led to the birth of the US, abjuring monarchy and absolutism, and opting for a republican form of government.
50% : Trump denied he had regal ambitions or was acting like a monarch.
50% : The protests took place while most of the government was shut down because of a standoff between the Democrats and Republicans in the Senate, with no negotiations to end it. Democrats are demanding the reinstatement of cuts to medical insurance and health-related programmes, which Trump says will drain more than $1.5 trillion from the treasury.
50% : The protests were sparked after Trump sent federal forces to Democratic-run states and increased enforcement against illegal migrants.
50% : The protest's focus was on Trump using forces under federal control in the states under Democrats, asserting that there was a breakdown of law and order and crimes were rampant.
41% : In the middle, in Chicago, in the state where Governor J.B. Pritzker has emerged as one of the strongest critics of Trump, huge protests were reported.
41% : Trump has made Chicago and Illinois the centrepiece of his campaign against what he says is the rampant crime wave and has been trying to implement federal enforcement.
39% : The city and suburbs have seen clashes between federal officials and demonstrators protesting federal immigration enforcement.
37% : Kamala Harris, who lost the election to Trump, gave the call to arms, posting on X, "I encourage you to join your neighbors in peaceful protest at a No Kings event... to express out voice".
37% : Protests were organised in Los Angeles on the West Coast, where federal immigration and other officials have clashed with demonstrators against immigration enforcement.
24% : While some sported placards with angry slogans, many costumed demonstrators mixed levity with protest to lampoon Trump's administration.
19% : New York: Hundreds of thousands of people across the US, from coast to coast, north to south, participated in protests against President Donald Trump under the banner of "No Kings", accusing him of turning the nation onto an authoritarian path.

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