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Opinion by Mandy Taheri
Thousands of demonstrators are taking part in global "Hands Off!" protests against President Donald Trump and his top adviser, billionaire Elon Musk, with hundreds rallying in "about a dozen" cities across Europe, a spokesperson for the mobilizing coalition told Newsweek on Saturday.
Hands Off! is a grassroots movement and coalition of hundreds of organizations and mobilizers who want the Trump administration, including Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to take their "hands off" of Social Security, federal jobs, Medicaid, and more. Trump said in a February Fox News interview that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits, will not be "touched" unless "there's fraud or something."
The protests are taking place just days after Trump's global sweeping tariffs which have rattled global and domestic markets, with Wall Street tanking over the past few days, marking the worst days for the U.S. stock markets since 2020.
Hundreds of people in European cities—including Frankfurt, Berlin, London, Lisbon and Paris—took to the streets in solidarity with American protests, highlighting the global impact of Trump's policies. In the United States, more than 1,200 "Hands Off!" demonstrations have been planned nationwide, with some already underway.
The local protests are being organized by advocacy groups, civil rights groups, labor unions, and various election and democracy activists, among others.
Comment:
Why are the Europeans protesting DOGE?
Why do they believe the lie that DOGE will cut social security payments?
Are the Europeans getting fraudulent social security payments?
Why are they OK with tariffs on American good, but outraged about Trump's reciprocal tariffs?
Why are the Left Wingers always so uniformed?
Thousands of demonstrators are taking part in global "Hands Off!" protests against President Donald Trump and his top adviser, billionaire Elon Musk, with hundreds rallying in "about a dozen" cities across Europe, a spokesperson for the mobilizing coalition told Newsweek on Saturday.
Hands Off! is a grassroots movement and coalition of hundreds of organizations and mobilizers who want the Trump administration, including Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to take their "hands off" of Social Security, federal jobs, Medicaid, and more. Trump said in a February Fox News interview that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits, will not be "touched" unless "there's fraud or something."
The protests are taking place just days after Trump's global sweeping tariffs which have rattled global and domestic markets, with Wall Street tanking over the past few days, marking the worst days for the U.S. stock markets since 2020.
Hundreds of people in European cities—including Frankfurt, Berlin, London, Lisbon and Paris—took to the streets in solidarity with American protests, highlighting the global impact of Trump's policies. In the United States, more than 1,200 "Hands Off!" demonstrations have been planned nationwide, with some already underway.
The local protests are being organized by advocacy groups, civil rights groups, labor unions, and various election and democracy activists, among others.
Comment:
Why are the Europeans protesting DOGE?
Why do they believe the lie that DOGE will cut social security payments?
Are the Europeans getting fraudulent social security payments?
Why are they OK with tariffs on American good, but outraged about Trump's reciprocal tariffs?
Why are the Left Wingers always so uniformed?
