No Kings protests keep growing as anger toward Trump escalates

The third No Kings Day is predicted to break protest attendance records, signaling that President Trump’s most sustained resistance has been at the grassroots level.

When No Kings Day returns to the Bay Area for a third time Saturday, it could set a record for the biggest one-day protest in U.S. history.

It’s also likely to extend an unenviable trend for an American president usually fond of boasting about crowd sizes: If protester numbers are any indication, Donald Trump is one of the least popular presidents in modern history.

No Kings organizers said Friday more than 3,300 events are planned across the U.S. for Saturday’s threequel — including nearly 360 in California — and expect that figure to keep climbing amid widening frustration with the Trump administration’s handling of the economy and penchant for self-induced crises.

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By:  Raheem Hosseini
Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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