One of the chants which received a big reaction from the crowd was when someone began calling out “Where is Congress?”
Protesters’ reasons for attending the event varied widely, with the thousands who flocked to the National Mall on Saturday being fueled by various degrees of frustration, grief, outrage, and outright anger.
In Portland, Maine, Rolling Stone witnessed hundreds of protesters lining both sides of Congress Street.
Protesters held signs such as “Keep Your Fascist Hands Off My Social Security” and “Hands Off Health Care.”
In European cities, hundreds also gathered against Trump and Musk in the wake of the global tariffs that tanked financial markets earlier this week.
In Berlin, Germany, protesters chanted, “Fuck you, Elon” as hundreds rallied outside of a showroom for Tesla, Musk’s electric vehicle company.
It doesn’t seem like he knows what he’s going to do,” one woman told Spanish sports newspaper Diario AS. »