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BBC: Trump Protests ‘Low Key,’ Only a Couple Hundred People, Mainly Tourists

‘The number of protesters and supporters of President Trump haven’t been enormous outside Buckingham Palace. It has been mainly tourists standing about one deep’

EXCERPT:

MANNING: "It's been a very low-key start to the protest against President Trump. This is the first organized demonstration of the day. There are a couple of hundred people here and the numbers have been pretty similar throughout the day. President Trump isn't actually at Buckingham Palace at the moment to even hear this protest. And the numbers of protesters and supporters of President Trump haven't been enormous outside Buckingham Palace, it's been mainly tourists. They've been standing about one — a few boos, a few claps to welcome him. Tonight there's going to be the so-called People's Banquet taking place with the women's groups demonstrating against him happening at the same time as the State Banquet. But the main day protest is tomorrow, and thousands, tens of thousands are expected on the streets. It's not clear that President Trump will get any sights of them either, which he will probably prefer, but they are hoping he will hear them protest when he is at Downing Street. It has been a particularly British calm first so far today, posters next to each other saying 'Welcome, President Trump' next to banners saying 'Wish you weren't here.'"

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