Millions are expected to gather across the country and around the world on Saturday for a third round of “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump. Organizers predict that it will be the “single largest non-violent day of action” in American history.
Saturday’s “No Kings” marches, of which there are more than 3,200 planned across all 50 states and several continents, come as Trump faces increasing scrutiny over the war with Iran, the rising cost of gas and how his administration has executed its mass deportation agenda.
“Since the last No Kings [protests], we’re seeing higher gas prices and groceries, all while there’s an illegal war in Iran,” Sarah Parker, a national coordinator for the group 50501, told reporters Thursday on a national press call previewing Saturday’s events.
“We’ve also seen our neighbors executed, American citizens executed, and our children carrying the burden of owning their own power and walking out of school in defiance,” Parker added. “The people of America are pissed. They are the ones demanding for no kings.”
A national NBC News poll from earlier this month found that majorities of registered voters in the U.S. disapprove of the president’s handling of immigration, Iran and inflation and the cost of living.
Demonstrators hold effigies of Trump administration officials during the “No Kings” national day of protest in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. (Ken Cedeno / AFP via Getty Images)
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Saturday’s nationwide demonstration was planned in the wake of the deaths of two Americans — Alex Pretti and Renee Good — in January in Minnesota at the hands of federal agents. Immigration officers were deployed to the state to carry out mass deportations and faced scrutiny over their brutal tactics toward immigrants and protesters.
Organizers, who hail from left-leaning groups including Indivisible, Public Citizen, MoveOn, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Action Network, expect the third No Kings day of protest to be far larger than the first two. More than 7 million people rallied across the country and around the world during October’s No Kings day of action.
On Thursday, leaders of the movement said they were encouraged that more than 50% of official protest events registered on their website for Saturday were in Republican-leaning or battleground states and areas.
“The stat is impressive. It’s meaningful. I think it also just speaks to the universal appeal of what we’re trying to accomplish here. This is not a partisan issue. It’s actually the most patriotic thing you can do. To stand up and stand together and say that there aren’t kings in America is not controversial,” Lisa Gilbert, the co-president of Public Citizen, told reporters.
“No Kings” is written on a placard in a demonstration in Berlin on Saturday. (Annette Riedl / dpa / picture alliance via Getty Images)
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The first No Kings day of protest, in June 2025, was organized amid Trump’s decision to hold a military parade in Washington on his birthday.
At the time, the president told reporters, “if there’s any protester that wants to come out, they will be met with very big force. I haven’t even heard about a protest, but you know, this is people that hate our country, but they will be met with very heavy force.”
Organizers have preached non-violence since the inception of “No Kings,” and said they expected protesters Saturday to remain peaceful even if met with resistance from federal agents deployed across the country.
“We are not going to be intimidated,” Deirdre Schifeling, the chief political and advocacy officer at the ACLU, said Thursday. “We are going to be safe. We are going to be peaceful. We are going to be free. So yes, know your rights, and also, we will not be scared off by this tactic.”
This article was originally published on NBCNews.com
