Visit of Trump UK: "100,000" in the streets of London in a stunning demonstration of opposition to a "horrible" president

As Donald Trump tried to save his relationship with Theresa May a few dozen kilometers away at Checkers, protesters, pet dogs and babies in their arms came down the streets of London to express their opposition to the president.

Elegantly designed posters, with ruthless words, to pieces of paper with a hastily scribbled and barely readable writing asking "literally any adult working for 2020", the collective antagonism for the billionaire was everywhere you looked. protesters invaded central London on Friday, in a show of collective anger against an American president more divisive than any living memory.

"I'm struggling to use words you can print," Paul Robert, 45, told The Independent why he decided to come to the protest on Friday . 19659006] "I just think he's a complete idiot," said Roberts, who works in customer service, told Donald Trump. "He does not understand how the world works, he does not understand what people think

" He is aggressive. He is a narcissist. He is misogynist. I think the world would do better if it was business, not politics. He likes to get angry and angry people already angry. He is a spark to light and wants anything that catches his attention. "

And Mr. Trump's attention has certainly been on the streets of the capital – according to organizers of the Together Against Trump demonstration, the police told them that more than 100,000 protesters had joined the march in the middle

While the president described the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom as "at the highest level of special," protesters in the capital chanted: "Donald Trump is not welcome here. "

Louise Wilkstrom" I think it's really important to show the UK, the US and the rest of the world that we are against racism, misogyny and homophobia of Trump. "

"I was pregnant in the Brexit referendum," added the 33-year-old, who had her 20-month-old child with her. "A month after he was born, Donald Trump was elected and I wondered what was the world going for? In what world does it grow? But you must have confidence in the future and think that people can change the future together. "

While her son was gently throwing an orange balloon bearing Mr. Trump's face with a line across, she laughed and said: Meanwhile, there are balloons."

Despite the temperatures up to 29 ° C, rows of protesters with the energy of Duracell's rabbits walked singing: "Say it loudly, Donald Trump is not the welcome here. "

President's Oooma Loompa color rubber figurines, with signs comparing Mr. Trump's hair to those of a troll or ear or corn, the face of the Former real estate developer has scolded you wherever you look.

"Sleep in a democracy, wake up in a dictatorship", read a disturbing sign

But the British did not go down in the capital. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the cities of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Hundreds of people gathered at Belfast City Hall to protest Mr. Trump. Many banners brandished with anti-Trump messages, including "Belfast says no to Trump".

A Trump supporter, who briefly heckled the start of the event, was drowned by the crowd chanting: "Hey ho, what is the crack, Donald Trump will not come back."

On George Square Glasgow Square, thousands of people gathered before the arrival of the president outside the city on Air Force One.

Among the placards worn by the militants "Give the grains Irn Bru cages not the cages "while others urged him to go home, with placards saying" Bolt ya rocket and makes Scotland even more beautiful. "

Birmingham saw 600 walkers flocking to downtown, attended a rally at Albert Square in Manchester Friday afternoon

Back in London, confused but curious tourists took pictures of protesters chanting slogans and sweaty policemen looked boring

"God looks like a carnival. What is going on? Asked a stunned pbaderby who could hear but did not see the crowds.

A pair of underestimated heels – either abandoned because of their impractical corner, or simply forgotten – could be seen in the gutter after the departure of Portland Place protesters.

A 29-year-old woman who said she could not tell where she was working because she was not supposed to be there, said, "I want Trump to know that he's not going to be there." is not popular in Britain.The mbadive demonstrations of today are undeniable.It can not dismiss them as fake news.

"I decided to go to the women's march because Trump is anti-choice in terms of abortion. He is anti-LGBT. There must be more women in government, there must be more women everywhere, and he is against that. I'm a feminist and it's not going to fly with me. "

" I am here too because I have four sisters and four nieces. I want my little nieces to know that they can be whatever they want.

Her colleague, 22, wrote, "I am here because Trump is a horrible human being and I do not like the way things are going.

Elsewhere, 47-year-old Sargi Patel, from California, said she was happy to come across the protest while her friend was showing her in London

"I went to the women in LA and it was amazing. There were so many people there. It was impressive. "

Ms. Patel, who was born in India but grew up in California, added," The Trump administration is a hot mess. I feel that he is burning America on the floor. He makes outrageous statements and tries to create divisions in the United States and around the world, and it works

"I do not think he likes women at all." Watch this video of him talking to seize them by the cat.It also seems that he goes further after the minorities – which include not only women but also blacks and Hispanics. "

Diana James, 71, said it was the first manifestation she had ever had in her life.

"I really regretted not going to the anti-Iraq demo, so I thought I had to get there," she said. "I'm here because I think Trump is so dangerous He's a cruel tyrant There are so many things that are bad."

Ms. James, who worked with people with mental health issues as an art -therapist before retiring, added: "We are now in a position where we can destroy the planet.He must accept global warming and stop drilling in Antarctica.It is the greed that kills the planet. It's the power of multinationals, banks, hedge funds … Trump has them in his government.He does business with them. "

Posters comparing Mr. Trump to the sound of a fart, to face masks sporting "Trump stinks", the crowd was unanimous in their hostility towards the world leader.

"I am here for human rights, women's rights, racism, migration, anti-fascism, Palestine, civility, kindness, compbadion," says Kate Oliver , 64, almost out of breath

Her friend Peter Woole, 64, whom she met a couple of steps away while they were both doing a Ph.D. at University College London, nodded her head. a tone of agreement by asking successive questions

. message to the political elite not to settle for Trump, "he said." I'm not even surprised that the president did an interview with The Sun . I think it would be naïve for anyone to think that he would not do it.

Melanie Woole, his 63-year-old wife, was not impressed by the president either.

"He is the great destroyer. It takes very little time to destroy something that has taken decades to create and will take decades to rebuild. "

Ms. Oliver added," It looks like he's been driven by his reality show. This is not the type of world I want to live in. "

Shaista Aziz, one of the organizers of the protest, said that she was delighted with the number of people who had made the trip.

mobilize people. I am humble and excited about to see so much diversity here, and there are a lot of protesters for the first time, "she said. "There is a real carnival atmosphere."

She said there were people from across the UK, and a high proportion of under 20-year-olds, noting t here were large numbers of young women.

“They want to stand up for women’s rights and against misogyny and hatred towards women,” she said.

After addressing crowds badembled in front of Trafalgar Square’s lions, Labour MP David Lammy told The Independent Mr Trump was “not welcome” in the UK.

“I don’t think any of us could have believed that a man full of such bile, such hatred and such evil would get his hands on what is at its best the beacon of freedom in the world,” he said. “This presidency is worse than any of us could have ever, ever have imagined.”