by Lilah Boig ‘26

In the United States, the election of president Donald Trump as the 47th president caused huge division among United States citizens. Millions of Americans protested his second term over concerns for his promises of mass deportation, defunding of government departments, and conservative views towards civil rights. On the other hand, Trump had many die-hard supporters who have been supporting his presidency since he ran in 2016.

Across the United States, these separate opinions have taken to the streets in the form of protests, which have made multiple major headlines. What hasn’t been published in any large form in American media are all of the protests that are occurring globally, which majorly speak out against Trump’s presidency and policies in his new term.

In January following Trump’s inauguration, people in Panama took to the streets bowling up and setting fire to the United States flag and a mock-body of Trump. They were protesting the up-and-coming visit from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as he attempted to negotiate Trump’s Ideas to buy the Panama Canal for the U.S. The Panamanian people were outraged about this as most feel that the Canals are not just part of their history, but their cultural identity. During the priests, they shouted, “Our homeland is not for sale; we will defend our homeland.”

During the same time in January, Mexican activists and citizens hung up a Trump-faced Piñata in front of the United States Embassy in Mexico City. This act has been done multiple times before and has become a symbol of protest for the Mexican people since Trump’s first Presidency in 2017. The activists burned and beat the Piñata until it was destroyed in order to protest against Trump’s anti-immigration and protectionist policies, which they called “abusive and inhumane.” Protests again occurred all across Mexico on the day of his official inauguration in protest of it.

While Central and South America would seem like the major place for Anti-Trump protests, due to his promises of heavy immigration laws and downputting talk of the countries, these protests have been prevalent across the world. Even before Trump’s inauguration, leading up to the NATO meeting in December, people were protesting in Belgium in defense of preserving United States democracy and showing that Belgium would keep the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) strong against Trump. Belgium’s anti-Trump protests continued throughout and after his inauguration, with many showing their disapproval of his election and their support for Palestine alongside it.

“Donald Trump has not realized that he is achieving something [unintended]: the unity of all migrants in the world,” said Marsha Beya Rubyn, migrant human rights activist and president of the “Orgullo Diverso de México” collective.

Protests like these have occurred as well across Scotland, Britain, Finland, Canada the Philippines and in many other countries. Many of them have only been widely reported on sources outside the United States like Euronews or Country based sources. Regardless of the amount of media portrayal, it is clear that Donald Trump’s election and his policies have created a disarray that united across the world that will not be silenced.