Organizers of the No Kings demonstrations say they expect their largest turnout yet on Saturday, driven by opposition to President Trump’s immigration enforcement tactics and the war in Iran. The coalition, which portrays Mr. Trump’s behavior as more like a monarch than an elected leader, is urging supporters to attend local events and has called March 28 “the biggest protest in US history.”
The group has scheduled more than 3,000 events across the United States, with additional actions planned in Mexico and Canada. This mobilization marks No Kings’ third nationwide series of demonstrations.
A White House spokesperson, Abigail Jackson, dismissed the planned protests as “Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions,” saying the only people who care are the reporters assigned to cover them and pointing to what she called “major leftist” financial backers.
No Kings says its previous wave of demonstrations, held in October, drew about 5 million participants across roughly 2,600 events.
Bill McKibben, founder of Third Act — a No Kings–affiliated group for people 60 and older — stressed intergenerational solidarity and the visible role older Americans in the protests. “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 many older participants view the current presidency as the closest the nation has come to authoritarian rule in his lifetime.
President Trump has repeatedly rejected comparisons to fascism or monarchy and has mocked the demonstrations as unrepresentative. Last year he called the October protests “a joke” and later shared an AI-generated video of himself wearing a crown.
Dana Glazer, leader of the Visibility Brigade in the New Jersey suburbs, also likened Mr. Trump’s politics to fascism and said public gatherings help counter the isolation that allows such politics to take hold. Glazer and other members plan to protest in Paramus, where Visibility Brigade was founded. She said events like No Kings can demonstrate collective power and inspire peaceful civic engagement that continues beyond headline protests.
“We are a force of treating people with individual human dignity and respect, and connection,” Glazer said. She added that low civic engagement between elections has contributed to the current crisis and that sustained public participation is necessary to address it.