Organizers behind the No Kings protests are forecasting their biggest showing yet on Saturday, driven by opposition to President Trump’s immigration enforcement tactics and the war in Iran. The coalition, which describes Trump’s actions as more akin to a monarch than a democratically elected leader, says March 28 “will be the biggest protest in US history” and urges people to find local events.
The group has planned more than 3,000 events across the United States, with additional actions in Mexico and Canada. This is No Kings’ third series of nationwide demonstrations.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson dismissed the planned protests as “Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions,” saying the only people who care about them are the reporters paid to cover them and listing what she called “major leftist” financial backers.
No Kings says the last round of protests, in October, drew about 5 million attendees across roughly 2,600 demonstrations.
Bill McKibben, founder of Third Act — a No Kings–affiliated group for people 60 and older — emphasized intergenerational solidarity and the role older Americans are playing alongside younger protesters. “If you’ve been to any of the No Kings protests that have happened so far, you’ll see a lot of people with hairlines like mine,” he joked, adding that older people see the current presidency as the closest the country has come to authoritarian rule in his lifetime.
President Trump has repeatedly rejected comparisons to fascism or monarchy and has mocked the protests as unrepresentative. Last year he called the October demonstrations “a joke” and later posted an AI-generated video of himself wearing a crown.
Dana Glazer, leader of Visibility Brigade in the New Jersey suburbs, also likened Trump’s politics to fascism and said protest gatherings counteract the isolation that allows such politics to thrive. Glazer and other members plan to protest in Paramus, where Visibility Brigade was founded. He said events like No Kings can show people their collective power and inspire peaceful civic engagement beyond big demonstrations.
“We are a force of treating people with individual human dignity and respect, and connection,” Glazer said. “That’s why this kind of event is powerful.” He added that low civic engagement between elections has contributed to the current crisis and that ongoing public participation is necessary to address it.