Anti-Trump

After Jerusalem, West Bank; anti-Trump protests flare in Beirut

Reuters Dec 10, 2017

JERUSALEM: After anti-Trump protests waned in the occupied West Bank and in the Gaza Strip on Sunday the protests flared near the US embassy in Beirut over US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Four days of protests in the Palestinian territories over Trump’s announcement on Wednesday had largely died down, but his overturning of long-standing US policy on Jerusalem -- a city holy Muslims -- drew more Arab warnings of potential damage to prospects for Middle East peace.…

Germany elects ‘anti-Trump’ Frank-Walter Steinmeier as new president

Web Desk Feb 13, 2017

International

BERLIN: Former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected Germany's president on Sunday, the 12th person to hold the largely ceremonial post in the post-war era. Steinmeier, a Social Democrat who had served as foreign minister until last month, won 931 of the 1,239 valid votes by lawmakers and representatives of Germany's 16 federal states. There 103 abstentions and 14 votes were invalid. Mr Steinmeier, Germany’s former foreign minister, strongly criticised Donald Trump during the US election campaign.…

Anti-Trump protesters unfurl their own ‘wall’

AFP Jul 21, 2016

International

CLEVELAND: One of Donald Trump's calling cards has been his promise to build a wall on the US-Mexico border -- a promise that has won him ardent supporters in the Republican party.

Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, block Arizona road

AFP Mar 20, 2016

International

NEW YORK: Hundreds rallied against Donald Trump in New York and blocked a major road in Arizona Saturday in the latest attempts by opponents to disrupt the campaign of the top US Republican White House hopeful.