hollywood Stars Join Nationwide Protests Against Trump Policies
Los Angeles,CA – October 19,2025 – A wave ofโ protests under the banner “No Kings” swept acrossโข major U.S. cities on saturday, October 18, 2025, wiht prominent Hollywood figures adding their voices to the opposition againstโ President โDonald Trump’s policies. Demonstrations tookโ place in Los Angeles, New โYork, and Washington โฃD.C.,fueled byโ concerns over โperceived threats to democracy,immigration raids,the deployment of government troops in U.S. cities, and cuts to federal programs, particularly health services.
Late-night talk show host Jimmyโ Kimmel used his Instagram account to shareโ a graphic featuring critical nicknames for Trump, including โค”Commander-in-Thief,” “Greedy McGolfy,” “Mar-a-Lardo,” “Orange Julius Caesar,” โand “Uncle Scam,” accompaniedโ by the caption, “Donald Trump LOVES a good nickname.”
Actor John Cusack was reported by News 4 San Antonio toโฃ have attended the Chicago protest, stating,โ “It’s all sad. To seeโ a kind of fascistโ authoritarian โคcostumeโฆ that has long been engineeredโ by the right wing, to โขsee โit transformed into a real costume isโฃ predictable, but very sad.”
Glenn Close, known for her role โas โคCruella De Vil, posted a photo of herself with a banner โขreading, “No โoligarchs. No dictators. No despots. No autocrats. No kings!!”
Protesters carried signsโค with slogans like “Democracy not Monarchy” and “Theโ Constitution is โขnot optional.” Organizers emphasized non-violence and urged โparticipants to avoid confrontation.โ Demands included protecting democracy โคand โคabolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, a focal point of Trump’s anti-immigrant policies. Demonstrators condemned what they described as the โขPresident’s harsh tacticsโ targeting the media, political opponents, and โขundocumented immigrants.
