‘No Kings’ protest live updates: millions expected to gather across the US for anti-Trump protests

Organizers expect more than 2,500 demonstrations across country after high turnout at June protests as Robert De Niro urges Americans to ‘stand up and be counted’Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s coverage of the protests due to take place across the country on Saturday, dubbed ‘No Kings’ in protest at the Trump administration.Leaders of the movement estimated during a press conference on Thursday that there will be more than 2,500 demonstrations throughout the US. “We do not expect there to be any need for the National Guard to be deployed, but if the Trump administration attempts to do that as a way to intimidate peaceful protests, we are prepared for that,” they added.The protests took place at about 2,100 sites nationwide, from big cities to small towns. A coalition of more than 100 groups joined together to plan the protests, which are committed to a principle of nonviolence.No Kings organizers estimated the day’s events drew millions of people, in all 50 states and to some cities abroad. These included more than 200,000 in New York and over 100,000 in Philadelphia, plus some small towns with sizable crowds for their populations, including the town of Pentwater, Michigan, which saw 400 people join the protest in their 800-person town, the No Kings coalition said. Continue reading...