Images of ‘Hands Off’ protests sweeping across U.S.
The defiant imposition of import tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump is already threatening an Armageddon across the United States of America and beyond.
On Saturday 5 April 2025, crowds of protesters gathered in cities across the U.S. to denounce Trump over the very unpopular policy.
The protests have been huge and simultaneous across the states of America and other places in the world.
According to the BBC, the “Hands Off” protest planners aimed to hold rallies in 1,200 locations, including in all 50 US states.
The medium reports that thousands of people turned out in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Portland and Washington DC.
Others were San Francisco, San Diego, Idaho, Utah, Oakland among other cities.
Beyond America, protests were also held in London, Paris and Berlin.
Hands Off’ Protesters in New York (Photo credit: Reuters)
The protesters were unhappy with the Trump Administration over his social economic policies considered unfriendly.
Protesters in Boston cited immigration raids on US university students that have led to arrests and deportation proceedings as propellers that unleashed them on the streets.
Law student Katie Smith told BBC News that she was motivated by Turkish international student Rumeysa Ozturk, whose arrest near Boston-area Tufts University by masked US agents was caught on camera last month.
“You can stand up today or you can be taken later,” she said, adding: “I’m not usually a protest girlie,” she is quoted by BBC.
In London, protesters held signs reading, “WTAF America?”, “Stop hurting people” and “He’s an idiot”.
