Organizers expected about 150 to 200,000 people, but we just spoke to one of the organizers, and they said that they now believe the number was closer to 300,000. So that's a 50% increase from the first time that we saw these protests. For anyone who doesn't remember, that was Trump's birthday. That was the day of the military parade. That shocked and alarmed a lot of Americans.
Americans in France, as well as other nationalities who want to express their solidarity, are invited to join the demonstration on Saturday afternoon - timed to coincide with thousands of events in the US and worldwide. The No Kings movement denounces Trump's government shutdown, plus his "demolition of Medicare and Medicaid, his attacks on workers and public services in favour of billionaire tax cuts, and his systematic violations of US and international law".
