Thousands take part in anti-Trump, Musk protests nationwide and abroad

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Thousands take part in anti-Trump, Musk protests nationwide and abroad  Thousands of people staged protests against Trump and Tesla boss Elon Musk across the US and beyond the borders to express dissatisfaction with policies and actions of the current administration.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/06/thousands-take-part-in-anti-trump-musk-protests-nationwide-and-abroad  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Thousands of people participated in nationwide protests against U.S. President Donald Trump

00:06and Tesla boss Elon Musk.

00:08Protests took place across major cities from Washington, D.C. to Boston, New York and San

00:13Francisco.

00:14The protest movement, so-called Hands Off, was organized for more than 1,200 locations

00:19in all 50 states by more than 150 groups.

00:22Demonstrators voiced their objection to the Trump administration's approach and policies,

00:27which they've labeled as damaging.

00:29Critics rallied against Trump tariff policies, which have sent global stock markets into

00:33a frenzy.

00:34Protesters also demonstrated against Musk, who runs the newly created Department of Government

00:39Efficiency, or DOGE.

00:41Musk has courted controversy for DOGE's aggressive cost-cutting measures, which have laid off

00:45thousands of federal employees and effectively shuttered entire agencies.

00:50Protests also spilled over beyond the borders, with various Hands Off marches taking place

00:54across European capitals.

00:57U.S. citizens living abroad, as well as foreign nationals critical of Trump, participated

01:01in protests from London to Berlin.

01:03Protesters rallied against U.S. foreign policy and advocated for Ukraine.

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