{"id":7641,"date":"2025-10-19T05:17:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/?p=7641"},"modified":"2025-10-19T05:17:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:17:31","slug":"massive-protests-erupt-across-the-u-s-against-donald-trumps-authoritarianism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/?p=7641","title":{"rendered":"Massive Protests Erupt Across the U.S. Against Donald Trump&#8217;s Authoritarianism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-parapraph=\"0\">Original article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/actualidad\/no-kings-multitudinarias-manifestaciones-en-ee-uu-contra-el-autoritarismo-de-donald-trump\/10\/19\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00abNo Kings\u00bb: Multitudinarias manifestaciones en EE.UU. contra el autoritarismo de Donald Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-no-kings-estados-unidos-se-levanta-contra-la-deriva-autoritaria-de-donald-trump\"><span id=\"no-kings-united-states-rises-against-donald-trumps-authoritarian-drift\"><strong>\u201cNo Kings\u201d: United States Rises Against Donald Trump\u2019s Authoritarian Drift<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1132154\" style=\"width: 963px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1132154\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1132154 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/No-King-Trump-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"953\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/No-King-Trump-2.jpg 953w, https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/No-King-Trump-2-640x345.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/No-King-Trump-2-360x194.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1132154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Print<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-parapraph=\"1\">Tens of thousands of people took to the streets this weekend across more than 2,600 cities in the United States rallying under a historic slogan: <em>\u201cNo Kings\u201d<\/em> \u2014\u201cWe don\u2019t want kings.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtve.es\/noticias\/20251018\/protestas-donald-trump-estados-unidos-ultima-hora-directo-cronica\/16776829.shtml\">According to <strong>RTVE<\/strong>, based on various agencies<\/a>, this marks the second major nationwide protest against what many civil rights groups and unions describe as the \u201cauthoritarian drift\u201d of Trump\u2019s second term. \u201cThey say that I act like a king. I am not a king,\u201d the president responded to Fox Business amid a federal government shutdown leading to institutional paralysis across the nation.<\/p>\n<p data-parapraph=\"2\"><strong>A Massive Outcry Against Authoritarianism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-parapraph=\"3\">The protests took place in cities like Washington, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, under a heavy presence of military and police. According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publico.es\/internacional\/eeuu\/primera-vez-temo-me-identifiquen-manifestacion-miles-personas-protestan-washington-deriva-autoritaria-trump.html\">P\u00fablico.es<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cthe militarization of the country has become the new normal,\u201d with the Republican administration labeling anti-fascism as \u201cterrorism,\u201d expanding repressive measures against all dissent. \u201cIt\u2019s the first time I fear being identified at a protest,\u201d confessed Ryan, a 28-year-old Californian.<\/p>\n<p data-parapraph=\"4\">The <em>\u201cNo Kings\u201d<\/em> movement, driven by organizations such as <strong>ACLU, Indivisible, and the 50501 collective<\/strong>, has condemned the use of facial recognition technology and surveillance on phones by the federal government. \u201cInstead of reopening the government, Johnson has chosen to attack millions of Americans who will gather peacefully to say that the U.S. belongs to the people, not to kings,\u201d stated the organizers as quoted by <strong>RTVE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-parapraph=\"5\"><strong>Watch the AlRojoVivo video about the Massive Protests<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La protesta \u201cNo Kings\u201d toma las calles de Estados Unidos\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xqaR60Bzyiw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-parapraph=\"6\"><strong>Fear as the New Political Language: The Day \u00abWithout Kings\u00bb Fills the Streets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-parapraph=\"7\">An atmosphere of fear has permeated even among naturalized citizens. Dulce, a mother of four, told <strong>P\u00fablico.es<\/strong>: \u201cI have many friends and neighbors who have disappeared due to ICE raids and I don\u2019t want my children to continue growing up in a country where they are targeted for their skin color.\u201d Illinois Governor JB Pritzker denounced that Trump was turning Chicago into a \u201cwar zone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-parapraph=\"8\">According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/10\/18\/us\/protests-trump-no-kings.html\">The New York Times<\/a><\/strong>, thousands of protesters filled Times Square and other capitals with costumes, music, and American flags. *\u201cI pledge allegiance to no king,\u201d* read one of the banners. Bianca D\u00edaz, a mother to a six-year-old girl, explained: \u201cI wanted her to witness this. We must defend our rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-parapraph=\"9\">The marches also took place in <strong>Paris, Berlin, Madrid, and London<\/strong>, where demonstrators condemned the rise of tyranny and demanded respect for civil liberties. Political scientist Jeremy Pressman, cited by the <strong>Times<\/strong>, noted, *\u201cthe intensity of the action will fuel the intensity of the backlash or counter-protest.\u201d*<\/p>\n<p data-parapraph=\"10\">House Speaker <strong>Mike Johnson<\/strong> accused the protests of being \u201cpro-Hamas\u201d and a \u201cdemonstration of hatred against America.\u201d From the White House, spokesperson Abigail Jackson responded, *\u201cWho cares?\u201d* Despite this, thousands of protesters insisted on their right to express discontent. \u201cThis is how change happens,\u201d said Allie Burton in an interview with the <strong>Times<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-parapraph=\"11\">For the organizers, the <em>\u201cNo Kings\u201d<\/em> movement represents not just a protest but a reaffirmation of the nation\u2019s founding values. \u201cThis time, we rise again, raising our voices peacefully to declare: there are no kings,\u201d declared actor Robert De Niro in a video distributed by the <strong>Times<\/strong>. Between surveillance and hope, the crowd shouted once again: <em>\u201cNo kings, no fear, no silence!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v14.0&#038;appId=91647977268&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\" nonce=\"oICed85h\" type=\"cf1586e1f574b303e1e9612a-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Original article: \u00abNo Kings\u00bb: Multitudinarias manifestaciones en EE.UU. contra el autoritarismo de&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/No-King-Trump-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internacionales-2"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}