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UK Anti-Trump Protesters Reject Racism, Bigotry and Xenophobia
Tens of thousands of women, men, children, LGBTIQ people, human rights advocates, Labour politicians and general citizens have poured into the streets of cities all over the United Kingdom to protest Trump's official four-day tour Thursday. The protests have highlighted U.S. President Donald Trump's "racist" and anti-immigrant policies.
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In London, 250,000 people marched from the BBC’s headquarters to Trafalgar Square where many political leaders denounced Trump as a "disaster for the international community."
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Children also marched and protested against the U.S. jailing immigrant children and separating them from their families.
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In Windsor, where Trump had tea with the Queen Friday, citizens also organized protests.
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LGBTIQ people marched in London to demonstrate against homophobia and xenophobia.
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Throughout the U.K. demonstrators called out Trump on his racist remarks comparing him to clansmen and calling him a fascist.
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Trump was also depicted as a baby. He "acts like a baby. If anything happens that he doesn't like his reaction is to throw his toys out of the pram," Nona Hurkmans explained.
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Among the protests' organizers were several trade unions and campaign groups, such as Stop the War, Friends of the Earth and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
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Child reminds Trump his mother was an immigrant who arrived to the U.S.
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