Hundreds of Americans living in Portugal gathered on Saturday at Praca Do Comércio, Lisbon and Avenida Dos Aliados, in the port to express the policy of the Trump administration.
Organized by the movement of American activists, mainly democrats living in Portugal, the protest occurs in context The movement “Hands from”, which organizes demonstrations against Donald Trump and Elon Mask In several cities around the world, including in the USA.
According to one of the organizers of protest in Lisbon, you can also fight the policy of Trump from the borders of his country, “we know what fascism is and this is what is happening,” said Luza.
According to the activist, who was connected with the US Democratic Party, Donald Trump “destroys trading” using tariffs and “tries to obtain rights” to citizens.
Protesters raised several posters with slogans against Trump as “a hand (take them by the hands) … our body/health, our mind/education, our life/democracy”, read one of the posters. Other posters were sent to Elon Musk that the entrepreneur leaves the government efficiency department (DOGE).
Protests “Turn off your hands!” Against Trump and planned musk around the world
More than 1200 manifestations “Hands at the hands!” They plan more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, trade union, LGBTQ+defenders, veterans and voter activists.
Opponents of President Donald Trump and multimillionaire Elon Mask plan to demonstrate in all the United States on Saturday to protest against the actions of the administration regarding the reduction of the government, economics, human rights and other issues.
Protesters criticize the measures of the Trump administration in order to dismiss thousands of federal workers, the end of the administrative departments of social security, effectively stop entire agencies, deport immigrants, reduce transgender protection and reduce federal financing of health programs.
Mask, Trump Consultant, who owns Tesla, SpaceX and Social Networking Platform X, played a key role in reducing state personnel as the head of the newborn DOGE. The businessman says that he saves taxpayers for thousands of million dollars.
Answering a question about protests, the White House stated in his statement that “President Trump is clear: he will always protect social security, Medicare and Medicaid for acceptable beneficiaries. However, the position of democrats is to provide advantages to social security, medication and medicines to illegal foreigners, which will lead to bankruptcy and crushing elderly Americans. ”