Anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ Protests Planned Nationwide

Protests declaring America has "no kings" first mobilized back in February on President's Day to denounce the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency and cuts to the federal government. The "No Kings" movement, however, gained national prominence in June, when Trump held a miliary parade honoring the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary, which also fell on his 79th birthday.

"The world saw the power of the people. President Trump’s birthday parade was drowned out by protests in every state and across the globe. His attempt to turn June 14 into a coronation collapsed, and the story became the strength of a movement rising against his authoritarian power grabs," the "No Kings" website outlines.

The protests are organized by left-wing groups such as Indivisible, a grassroots progressive organization behind anti-Trump protests stretching back to the 2016 election, as well as other groups such as the American Federation of Teachers, ACLU, Greenpeace, the Human Rights Campaign, MoveOn, National Nurses United, Public Citizen and Service Employees International Union, according to its website.

The group repeatedly calls on participants to peacefully protest on its website. Los Angeles' "No Kings" protests in June did devolve into chaos, as "agitators who came here with the purpose of creating chaos" attacked police officers, the Los Angeles County sheriff told local media at the time.

Fox News Digital reached out to organizers of the movement for additional comment Thursday on the upcoming demonstrations but did not immediately receive a reply.

The Trump administration has been on an immigration blitz since Trump was sworn back into office Jan. 20, as federal law enforcement officials such as ICE agents converged on cities in targeted efforts to remove illegal immigrants. Trump simultaneously has targeted individual U.S. cities for overall crime cleanups, including federalizing the Washington, D.C., police force in August, including ordering the National Guard to the city, with Los Angeles, Memphis, Tennessee, and Portland, Oregon, facing similar crime reduction efforts. Trump's attempt to roll out crime cleanup initiatives in Portland, Oregon, and Los Angeles, however, are tied up in the courts.

Trump's 2024 campaign included a large focus on ending the illegal immigration crisis in the U.S. and bringing down crime, with voters frequently pointing to the issues as among their top concerns heading to the ballot boxes.

The protests follow Trump and his administration securing a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, which included the president traveling to Israel and Egypt earlier in October to speak with world leaders directly, and as Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday and prepares to meet with Ukraine President Vlodomyr Zelenskyy Friday at the White House.