People holding signs gather at a “No Kings” protest at the National Mall on March 28, 2026 in Washington DC.<\/span>Chen Mengtong\/Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n On Saturday<\/span> millions of people<\/a> around the country took part in more than 3,000 No Kings protests opposing the presidency of Donald Trump, whose approval ratings have plummeted to 36 percent<\/a>, a record low since his return to the White House. <\/p>\n Saturday\u2019s rallies were the third major No Kings protest, with organizers saying that 8 million people took part. That estimate has not been independently verified. But to put this weekend\u2019s anti-Trump protests in perspective: about 300,000 people<\/a> attended the April 2009 Tea Party protests against the Obama administration that were heralded as a seismic political event.<\/p>\n My Mother Jones <\/em>colleagues were on the ground yesterday covering the action around the country:<\/p>\n
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