Protests against Trump in London but fewer than last year

Protests against Trump in London but fewer than last year

by Joseph Anthony
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Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather opposite the Houses of Parliament, during his state visit in London

Thousands of people protested in central London on Tuesday against U.S. President Donald Trumpโ€™s pomp-laden state visit to Britain, but numbers were far down from the tens of thousands who gathered to oppose his visit last year.

Protesters waved witty and sometimes rude placards at a what organizers called a โ€œCarnival of Resistanceโ€ in Trafalgar Square while Prime Minister Theresa May was in talks with the president a short distance away in Downing Street.

There was a festival atmosphere at the rally, which will be addressed later by Britainโ€™s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

The tone at the protest was set by a large statue of Trump sitting on a golden lavatory with his trousers around his ankles, while the placards read: โ€œTrump stay out! We are quite capable of cocking up our own politicsโ€, โ€œYou canโ€™t come over racismโ€ and โ€œLock him in the towerโ€.

The crowd, of a several thousand strong, was far down on the tens of thousands who protested when Trump first visited Britain as president in July 2018.

There were small pockets of support. A few men wearing red caps with โ€œMake America Great Againโ€ walked among the crowd. Trump supporters said the protests against him were an insult to the leader of the United Kingdomโ€™s most powerful ally.

REUTERS

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