【Text by Observers Net, Wang Kaiwen】According to multiple U.S. media reports, on October 18 local time, large-scale anti-Trump rallies broke out across the United States. About 7 million protesters took to the streets, venting their anger towards Trump with the slogan "No King".

This is the third nationwide protest after Trump returned to the White House, and also the largest in scale.

At this time, the U.S. federal government has been "shut down" for 18 days, and the negative impact is affecting more and more areas. At the same time, the outside world's call for Trump to use the military to suppress opposition in Democratic-controlled cities is increasing.

The Republican Party condemned the demonstration as a "hate America" gathering.

On October 18, 2025, Washington, D.C., protesters marched on Pennsylvania Avenue for the second "No King" protest. Visual China

According to reports from Axios, Associated Press, and the Financial Times, the "No King" protest activities plan to hold over 2,700 demonstrations in all 50 states of the United States. On October 18, demonstrators flooded New York's Times Square, Boston Common, and Chicago's Grant Park, or gathered outside the state capitol buildings in several Republican-controlled states; hundreds of small public places also saw protest crowds.

Many demonstrators held slogans such as "Nothing is more patriotic than protesting" and "Resist fascism", and there were large banners with the words "We the People" from the U.S. Constitution for people to sign. Some demonstrators wore inflatable costumes, especially frog-shaped ones, which have become a symbol of resistance.

Local time on October 18, the scene of the anti-Trump rally in New York. Video screenshot

Protesters said they were angry at the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigrants and the deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles and other areas.

In the U.S. capital Washington, Marine Corps veteran Shawn Howard, who had participated in the Iraq War, said he had never participated in a protest before. He joined this one because he thought the Trump administration "ignored the law".

Howard said that detaining immigrants without due process and deploying the army in American cities "does not conform to the American spirit" and is a worrying sign of erosion of democracy.

"What he (Trump) is doing is wrong. People should not live in fear," said Melissa Rios from Texas.

Because of concerns about ICE agents arresting people on the street, Rios carried her U.S. passport to prove she was a U.S. citizen. "It reminds me of what happened in Germany before," Rios said.

Scene of the anti-Trump rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on October 18 local time. Social media

"The country is heading toward destruction," said Julie Gabriel, an anesthesiologist from Virginia. She spent three hours coming to Washington to participate in the demonstration. "If this happened to one of my patients, I couldn't just sit there waiting, I must find out why it happened and how I can deal with it now."

In San Francisco, hundreds of demonstrators formed the words "No King" or other slogans with their bodies at Ocean Beach. Hayley Wingard, who dressed as the Statue of Liberty, had never participated in a protest before, until recently.

"Actually, I used to be able to accept everything," Wingard said. "Until I found out that the military invaded Los Angeles, Chicago, and Portland - Portland made me the most upset, because I'm from Portland, and I don't want the military to appear in my city," Wingard said.

In New York's Times Square, thousands of people gathered on Seventh Avenue, waving signs and chanting slogans. Some people shouted "Trump should step down now."

"This president makes me feel ashamed. I hope that hundreds of thousands of people will take to the streets today," said Stephanie, a hospital worker in Queens, New York, participating in the rally.

The Washington Post said that until late on the 18th, the large-scale rallies remained peaceful. Many places had a street carnival atmosphere. Both New York and Washington police said on Saturday afternoon that they had not arrested anyone related to the protests.

Scene of the anti-Trump rally in Denver, Colorado, on October 18 local time. Social media

Outside the United States, people gathered outside the U.S. embassies in Berlin, Rome, Paris, and Sweden to support the American protesters. Photos show that they held signs condemning fascism and authoritarian rule.

The organizers of the "No King" campaign wrote on their website, "The president believes his rule is absolute. But in America, we have no king. In the face of chaos, corruption, and cruelty, we will not retreat."

According to the organizers, nearly 7 million people participated in the demonstration on the 18th, a number that exceeded the number of participants in the protest on June 14 this year, when about 5 million people participated.

The USA Today pointed out that like most large events, the number of participants in this event may be adjusted after expert verification. However, if the figure of 7 million remains unchanged, it will be one of the largest demonstrations in the United States in the past 60 years.

The Associated Press said that this is the third large-scale demonstration since Trump returned to the White House, taking place against the backdrop of the federal government's "shutdown." This "shutdown" not only caused the closure of federal projects and public services, but also tested the core balance of the American power structure.

Facing the overwhelming tide of protests, Republicans tried to portray the demonstrators as a group far from the mainstream and as the main reason for the government's "shutdown." Congressional Republican leaders said that Democratic leaders, including Schumer, are constrained by "extreme left forces" and are willing to maintain the government's "shutdown" to appease these liberal forces.

Before the demonstration started, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson called it a "anti-American gathering." He listed groups that might attend, including "Antifa," "anti-capitalists," and "fully exposed Marxists."

Trump will spend the weekend at Mar-a-Lago. According to reports, there was also a demonstration near Mar-a-Lago. Organizers said nearly 700 people participated in it.

"They say they call me king. I am not a king," Trump said in an interview on Fox News on the 17th. The Washington Post said that Trump said before the protest that he thought the people attending the protest would be "very few."

According to Axios, a report released last Thursday by the Harvard Kennedy School of Government stated that the scope of the 2025 U.S. protests is wider than ever before. And the penetration level of this round of protest movement in areas supporting Trump is almost the highest since his first term.

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