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They feared them and there will be some. From England to Scotland, several demonstrations against Donald Trump will mark every leg of the US president's trip next week to the UK, as a sign of the rejection that it spawns. in many Britons.
The organizers dream of this movement, nicknamed "Carnival of the Resistance", the largest concentration of activists after protests against the US-British intervention in Iraq in 2003.
Trump will arrive in the UK on July 13 for a long-delayed visit due to the fear of demonstrations.
Her agenda includes meetings with British Prime Minister Theresa May and Queen Elizabeth II, but not in London, where finally Trump will take very little time. Officially, they do not say that his brief stay in the British capital is to avoid demonstrations, but his almost fleeting presence raises speculation.
Whatever it is, "we think that there will be huge demonstrations against Trump wherever he goes". member of the pacifist organization Stop the War Coalition.
"The protest against Trump will be a true celebration of the diversity we want in the UK, and it will send a strong signal that his hate speech is actually the US president will arrive in a country where he has been killed. countless critics who criticize both his immigration policy and his interference in British public affairs, such as the anti-Muslim videos of a far-right British group
" There are plenty of reasons to march against Trump "said Chris Nineham, citing his" attitude towards women "or" his racism towards Muslims. "
On Thursday, protesters rallied near the Blenheim Palace, an imposing country residence near Oxford, where the American President will attend a gala dinner
They also gathered near the residence of the American Ambassador in London, where Trump and his wife Melania will spend the night.
On Friday, anti-Trump slogans will be heard near Checkers, the country residence of British prime ministers, 70 kilometers north-west of London, where Theresa May will meet her guest.
Layered Trump
But the highlight will be the planned protests in London, with a march towards Trafalgar Square and the expected attendees from all over the country. The organizers asked participants to bring their "banners, banners, megaphones and all that is needed to launch the revolution."
One of the unusual things planned to give more color to the demonstration is a giant ball that will represent a Donald Trump in layers floating in the sky of the British capital.
It is the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, who signed the authorization for this balloon to be installed 30 meters high between 09:30 local (0830 GMT) and 1130 (1030 GMT), near Parliament, an initiative that divides the waters.
Nigel Farage, former head of the UKIP anti-Europe party and great defender of Trump, denounces what he considers to be "the greatest insult to an American president in the office."
"He merit, "said Labor MP David Lammy, recalling the retweets of the anti-Muslim videos he made Trump [19459] 005]
The balloon will be added to the rally in Scotland, where the president American will spend the weekend. A protest was also announced in Glasgow (West) on Friday, before a march on Saturday in the streets of Edinburgh (east), the country's capital.
The protesters are also ready to protest the two golf courses that Trump has in Scotland, in case he decides to go to one of them.
"He is a misogynist, an Islamophobe, a denialist, his forays into foreign policy were shocking and clearly a racist president," said Richard Leonard. , member of Scottish Labor Party and great activist against Trump
"I do not think we have to roll out the red carpet for anyone with such abominable ideas," he added.
Source: AFP
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