REUTERS

Demonstrators decrying US President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation efforts, war in Iran and other policies took to the city streets on Saturday across the country in the third round of the “No Kings” rallies.

More than 3,200 events had been planned in all 50 states, after the two previous nationwide events attracted millions of participants.

Large rallies took place in New York, Dallas, Philadelphia and Washington, but two-thirds of No Kings events took place outside major cities, a nearly 40 percent jump for smaller communities from the movement’s first mobilisation last June, organisers said.

The first No Kings event, on Trump’s birthday, June 14, last year, drew an estimated 4 million to 6 million people across roughly 2,100 sites nationwide. The second mobilisation in October involved an estimated 7 million participants in more than 2,700 cities, according to sources.

The events come amid what organisers said was a call to action against the bombardment of Iran by the US and Israel.

Morgan Taylor, 45, attending the Washington protest with her 12-year-old son, said she was enraged by Trump’s military action in Iran, which she called a “stupid war.”

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