Trump Faces Large-Scale Protests on Arrival in Britain

According to Rokna, citing CNN, amid today’s pomp and pagentry, anti-Trump demonstrations organized by the Stop the Trump Coalition are expected to take place in central London and Windsor.

As we’ve reported, activists last night projected images intended to draw attention to the US president’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein onto the walls of Windsor Castle shortly after Air Force One touched down in the UK.

“This will be a massive protest against Trump’s state visit,” the Stop Trump Coalition’s spokesperson Seema Syeda told Britain’s PA Media news agency. “Trump and his authoritarian politics are not welcome here. Keir Starmer should not be rolling out the red carpet for Trump.

“They are already running scared. They have chosen the first possible date that stops Trump from being able to address Parliament. We know that Trump is deeply unpopular with the public.

“We mobilised hundreds of thousands of people against Trump during his first term, and he has only got worse since then,” Syeda continued. “We are working at speed to bring together all the movements – for democracy, for equality, against climate change, for a free Palestine – to show our unity against Trump.”

Security has been ramped up in both locations, with police on high alert. London’s Metropolitan Police Service said a “significant” policing operation would be in place, with more than 1,600 officers deployed.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Louise Puddefoot, who will lead the force’s operations in the British capital this week, said “around 50 protest groups are expected to gather together in central London on Wednesday.”

The Met said Public Order Act conditions “have been imposed to prevent serious disruption to the community.”

Human rights groups, and many civil society groups have argued the act has had a chilling effect on civic participation, disproportionately targeted certain groups, and undermined trust in policing by potentially criminalizing peaceful protest.