What to know about 'No Kings Day' protests through us to counteract Trump's military parade

What to know about ‘No Kings Day’ protests through us to counteract Trump’s military parade

Thousands of protests on the “No Kings Day” will take place throughout the country on Saturday to protest the administration of President Donald Trump and to counterprogram the military parade in Washington, DC, which marks the 250 birthday of the US Army. UU.

This is what you should know about protests.

What is the idea behind “No Kings Day”?

“‘No Kings Day’ is the peaceful protest of a single day in the recent history of the United States, composed of millions of normal and everyday Americans that occur in more than 2,000 communities throughout the country to say: ‘We do not make kings in the United States'”, said the coexecutive director of the indivisible progressive organization.

Indivisible and other organizations involved with the coordination of the coalition, the protests have said that the protests are destined to protest what they say that the Trump administration on the application and deportations of immigration, civil rights and cuts to the federal government.

In this archive photo of April 5, 2025, people are shown in a hand rally in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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They have also pointed out how the military parade stops on Trump’s birthday. Triumph has denied any connection Between the time of the parade and his birthday, pointing out how June 14 is Flag Day.

The groups that coordinated the protests originally announced the initiatives in early May, after the reports of the next military parade, but the organizers have said that the protests against the application of immigration in Los Angeles and the response of the federal government have generated much more interest in the events.

Where and when will the protests be?

The protests will be carried out throughout the country and even beyond the United StatesWith a flagship event held in Philadelphia. Levin told ABC News that there are now more than 2,000 planned events “almost everywhere, everywhere, except in the DC center, intentionally.”

According to Levin, the organizers did not want to give Trump a justification for retaliation against peaceful protests in DC or say that protesters protested by the military.

“We are yielding the DC Trump center can have it for that day, and instead, we are literally organizing anywhere else,” Levin said.

Tourists navigate the anti -scale fences along the National Mall, on June 11, 2025 in Washington.

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Most protests throughout the country will be held in the morning, before the parade. Some in the western part of the country can occur simultaneously with the parade, which will begin at 6:30 pm et.

What has Trump said about protests?

When asked on Thursday about his thoughts about the protests of “non -kings” planned throughout the country for Saturday, Trump said he did not feel like a king.

“I don’t feel like a king. I have to go through hell to approve things,” he said.

“A King would say: ‘I’m not going to get this’ … I wouldn’t have to call Mike Johnson and Thune and say: ‘Friends, you have to achieve this’ and after years we did. No, no, we are not a king, we are not a king at all,” he added, reference to the speaker of the house of representatives of the United States and the leader of the majority of the Senate, respectively.

President Donald Trump speaks after signing a bill that blocks the California rule that prohibits the sale of new cars with gasoline by 2035, in the east room of the White House, on June 12, 2025, in Washington.

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Trump, on Tuesday, had threatened to use the “heavy force” against “any” protester in the military parade in the capital of the nation; The White House Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, later said “of course,” the president supports the peaceful protesters. The organizers of Non Kings protests have continually emphasized that they are not planning protests in Washington.

Are there security concerns around protests?

The organizers have emphasized that the protests must remain peaceful and not violent, pointing out several training that they have celebrated this week about safety and decalcalation.

Levin said there were some concerns about the external agitators who tried to interrupt the protests, but said that people should not feel “as if we go to battle. That is not about. This is a peaceful protest. People will have fun signs, people are going to dance, people are going to sing, people will express their first rights of amendment.”

At least two states, Texas and Missouri, have said they are calling the National Guard in their states as a caution against the potential of any violence in Saturday’s protests. The governors of both states affirmed that peaceful protests are legal.

What comes next?

Saturday’s events are not destined to be the end of groups’s efforts to protest the Trump administration, Levin said.

“I think that sometimes people think that a protest has to be everything. They have to solve all their problems … we need persistent, peaceful and operated people by people to organize them in the field in the blue states, the red states and the purple states that allow people to go back against the increasing overrequals of this administration,” said Levin.

The contribution of Hannah Demissie, Lalee Ibssa and Kelsey Walsh of ABC News to this report.

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