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ARTICLE VIEW:
Protests, projections and programs: How Britons are showing their
displeasure at Trump’s visit
By Catherine Nicholls, CNN
Updated:
2:40 PM EDT, Wed September 17, 2025
Source: CNN
As Britain’s royal family welcomed US President Donald Trump to
Windsor Castle in a on Wednesday, the British public gave the American
leader their own – markedly less friendly – response to his
presence in their country.
In an altogether different kind of greeting, Brits have carried out
against the president over the last couple of days, though UK
authorities have been keen to keep Trump away from any sign of public
criticism.
Recent polling has shown that Britons generally disapprove of Trump. A
poll published Tuesday by Ipsos found that 61% of Britons say they do
not like the US leader.
‘Hey Donald, welcome to Windsor Castle’
The anti-Trump demonstrations kicked off on Tuesday evening, shortly
after he touched down at London’s Stansted Airport and made his way
to Winfield House, the official residence of the US ambassador to the
UK, in the center of the capital city. Around 5,000 people marched
through the capital, according to London’s Metropolitan police.
Some 25 miles away, activist group Led By Donkeys projected footage of
Trump alongside convicted sex offender onto the side of Windsor Castle,
where the president was set to commence his state visit the next day.
“Hey Donald, welcome to Windsor Castle,” the group said in an of
the stunt. It also posted a video of a timeline of interactions between
the president and the late sex offender, calling it, “The story of
Trump and Epstein.”
Four men were arrested on suspicion of “malicious communications”
in connection to the demonstration, police said.
A spokesperson for Led By Donkeys said in a statement that it was the
first time in the group’s history that any of its activists had been
arrested for taking part in demonstrations involving projections,
Britain’s PA Media news agency reported.
‘Politics of division and hatred’
On Wednesday, as Trump traveled to Windsor, protests against the US
leader took place in London. London’s Metropolitan Police estimated
about 5,000 people attended the anti-Trump demonstrations in the
British capital.
Critics pointed out that local authorities were keen to shield the
president from any public admonishment, keeping all scheduled events
behind closed doors amid heavy security.
On Thursday, Trump will again steer clear of the British public,
traveling to Chequers, the prime minister’s official country house
northwest of London, for talks with Keir Starmer.
While Trump was having lunch with royals in Windsor on Wednesday
afternoon, demonstrators began to gather in the British capital,
brandishing signs and flags with slogans opposing the US leader,
including “dump Trump,” “stop Trump” and others featuring
expletives.
Some demonstrators came dressed as figures including Russian President
Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate, holding signs including “war
criminals for Trump,” “murderers for Trump” and “misogynists
for Trump.”
Many at the protest also wielded signs that relate to specific
political topics Trump has waded into, including the Russia-Ukraine
conflict and Israel’s war in Gaza.
“We’re here for broad reasons, because the politics that Donald
Trump represents, politics of racism, the politics of division and
hatred, politics that puts profit before the planet… are the absolute
antithesis of the politics that we represent and that we’re
campaigning for,” Ben Jamal, the director of the Palestine Solidarity
Campaign, told CNN at the protest on Wednesday.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan mirrored this sentiment in published by The
Guardian on Tuesday, accusing him of “fanning the flames of divisive,
far-right politics around the world” and calling on Londoners to
reject his “politics of fear and division.”
‘Untruths and falsehoods’
On Wednesday evening, just as Trump is expected to unwind after
finishing a state banquet held in his honor, British television network
Channel 4 will broadcast an “unbroken catalogue” of his “untruths
and falsehoods,” it has said.
The marathon “Trump v The Truth” screening is programed to air for
a total of five hours for people in the UK and will display more than
100 “falsehoods, distortions and inaccuracies uttered or written by
the US President since taking office in January,” Channel 4 announced
in a press release.
Ian Katz, the chief content officer at Channel 4, said he hopes the
day’s events will “remind viewers how disorientating and dangerous
the world becomes when the most powerful man on earth shows little
regard for the truth.”
“And if President Trump cares to watch along after the state banquet,
he may even clear up a few misconceptions,” Katz added.
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