Photo gallery. Anti-Trump protests in the US

While the military parade celebrating the creation of the United States Army was taking place in Washington DC — and Donald Trump's birthday — around five million people took to the streets in different North American cities to demonstrate against the Republican President's “reign”.

The “No Kings” movement announced this week its intention to “counteract” the 250th anniversary of the military, stating that “the flag does not belong to President Trump” but to the people. In this way, they made a point of being present in all 50 states and, above all, “where Trump is not”, to say “no to thrones, crowns and kings”. This movement of activists claims to be “pro-democracy” and against the “authoritarian policies of the Trump administration”, according to the Associated Press .

Thus, in large cities such as Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, but also in smaller rural communities, demonstrations with signs critical of the Republican policies of the White House marked the military parade and the 79th birthday of the President in the nation's capital. These demonstrations also ended up being linked to the protests in support of immigrants that marked California during the last week. The movement was present in about 2,000 locations throughout the country.

“They have defied our courts, deported Americans, disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil rights and reduced our services. The corruption has gone too far,” reads the “No Kings” website , where they indicate that a “key value” of the movement is the commitment to “nonviolent action”, reinforcing the call for demonstrations without confrontation with the authorities. However, as has been the case in Los Angeles during immigration marches, the police and National Guard were deployed and what was supposed to be a peaceful protest ended up becoming yet another exchange of aggression between authorities and protesters, marked by rubber bullets and tear gas used to disperse the crowd.