‘The fight starts now!’ Say London anti-Trump protesters

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"The fightback starts now!" The words of an anti-Trump protester marching through central London on Saturday.  April 5 was earmarked as a global day of action for people to protest against the policies of the U.S. President Donald Trump and his tariffs. Rahul Pathak reports from the UK capital.  Read this piece in full 👇 https://tinyurl.com/mvxdfnpy

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00:00Well this march in central London has seen people demonstrate against the

00:03policies of the US President Donald Trump and in particular his

00:07introduction of tariffs which has seen stock markets nosedive right around the

00:11world. Now the organisers behind the Hands Off campaign say their message is

00:15very very simple. Hands off our rights, our resources and our democracy.

00:19You only have to look at what's going on this week with the tariffs to know that when

00:24Trump does something brain-dead we are all impacted and it's incredibly

00:32important to understand his impact goes beyond poor America who I'm afraid we

00:36have to turn our back on.

00:38Well I think the impact will be to affect the cost of living for

00:43most of us. Those of us who are on limited incomes are going to really feel it and I

00:49think people with pensions and other kinds of investments are going to feel

00:53it. I was reading earlier today that already nine trillion pounds or perhaps

00:59more has been knocked off the stock market. That's going to have a ripple

01:02effect around the world.

01:04Do you think the UK government in particular should be taking a stronger line against Trump?

01:08Yes, I don't understand why they're not. They're just going along as if everything is normal.

01:12As well as the protests here, similar marches have taken place in cities across

01:16Europe including Berlin, Lisbon and Paris. The organisers say it's proof of the

01:21widespread global discontent with Donald Trump and his second term which has also

01:26been intensified by the controversial role of his special adviser Elon Musk.

01:31Musk of course has already been the subject of a campaign against him, the

01:34Tesla takedown, which has seen sales of his EV brand go down to the lowest

01:39level for three years. But while campaigners insist that there is a

01:43growing momentum against Trump and his administration both in the US and

01:47abroad, whether these protests will have any impact on the White House, well that

01:51remains to be seen. Rahul Pathak, CGTN, London.

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