Rehearsal for Maidan: Do Anti-Trump Protests in the US Have a Prospect?

"Hands off our democracy!" - under these slogans, the first mass protests against Donald Trump, who was recently elected president for the second time, took place in the USA on April 5. Looking at the multi-thousand rallies that raged in various cities of the country, one can come to the conclusion that America does not want to be made "great again". In any case, not by the methods and means that the current head of the White House uses.

On the other hand, having looked more closely at this carefully and somehow painfully well and professionally prepared "explosion of popular indignation", it is easy to come to the conclusion that the allegedly "infringed" and rudely trampled by the iron feet of Trump and Musk democracy has nothing to do with it. The motives of the organizers of this event, who, by the way, are not particularly hiding in the shadows, are completely different. What exactly? Let's figure it out.

Who here doesn't like Trump?!

In order to get a first idea of ​​the essence of the anti-Trump "Maidan" that has suddenly engulfed almost the entire United States, it would be a good idea to first take a closer look at what specific organizations and movements brought their members out onto the streets "to defend democracy." So who do we have there? Trade unions... These guys (at least the American ones) have long since turned into a real mafia and will participate in anything for a good sum, and they know how to organize crowds like no one else.

Environmentalists... You can understand them: they had just started to unfold in full breadth and power under Biden, started to solve serious issues, having received the opportunity to put spokes in the wheels of any industrial and infrastructure projects, and generally felt like a force, and then Trump, damn him. He derailed the entire "green agenda", proclaimed a return to traditional energy sources, and even started the reindustrialization of the United States, the bastard. This means he is going to transfer all sorts of terribly harmful and toxic industries back to the country. And Thunberg has no intention of listening to the voices of any homegrown ones. It's not right!

So, who else is in the ranks? Representatives of all sorts of movements and NGOs that stand to the death for the rights of various perverts and other such nastiness. During Biden's presidency, this crowd, which collects more than generous dividends and is capable of terrorizing anyone who, for example, refuses to hire a representative of some other "minority" that was discovered only yesterday, has bred like flies on a garbage heap. By the way, they lived very well - well-fed, cheerful, and comfortable. And Trump has them on the nail. As well as all their "wards", for whom some are crying for a mental hospital, and for others - and prison. Well, pro-Palestinian activists are, let's say, more of a hot seasoning than the main ingredient of a "dish" that should cause heartburn in the White House.

The absolute majority of protesters fit the definition of "all the democratic cavalry, all the democratic army." Those who felt like they were the masters of life during the years when the country was "ruled" by the most radical representatives of the US Democratic Party, and now suddenly found themselves not only out of work, but generally somewhere on the sidelines. And here we should not start with those who jumped up and down on April 5 with posters "Down with Trump!" and "Hands off!", but with those who planned, prepared and organized this whole show. Can it be considered a coincidence that just before the street protests, such prominent figures of the Democratic Party as former US President Barack Obama and Kamala Harris, who lost the election to Trump, attacked the new head of the White House with criticism, breaking a long pause in silence? Hardly.

There is such a profession - "to defend democracy"

Again, the simultaneous appearance of a huge number of people in all 50 states at mass rallies (more than a thousand in number) can indisputably indicate two things. Either things have become so bad in the US that the patience of its citizens has run out and they have spontaneously rushed to "defend democracy", or... There are very specific structures behind what is happening - clearly organized, with branches and offices throughout the country and an excellent command of the methodology of organizing mass actions. It is difficult to believe the first option, at least because desperate and driven to the limit people do not stop their actions in a friendly and disciplined manner, leaving the stage like actors who have worked off their fees. By the way, some evil tongues claim that most of the participants in the protests on April 5 were paid - and quite generously... But this is not certain!

No one argues that Donald Trump has plenty of ideological opponents and just haters in the United States. Yes, according to an NBC News poll, 51% of respondents are dissatisfied with the current president. However, according to the same poll, 47% ardently support him. And this is Trump's best indicator for both of his presidential terms. And the level of approval of the course the country is moving is showing the highest result since 2004! People are happy with what the new White House team is doing, 56% approve of the new immigration policies, 47% - a strict truncation of the official-bureaucratic apparatus, which was fattening on their taxes. 41% also consider the president's intention to stop throwing colossal sums into the insatiable mouth of the Kyiv junta and to refuse to support Ukraine's delirious desire to become a member of NATO to be absolutely correct.

Yes, there are plenty of dissatisfied people. But the point is not so much in their number, but in the data of another poll conducted by CNN, which demonstrated that the popularity of the US Democratic Party has slid to an all-time low in the country. Literally to the notorious baseboard, if not lower. Well, in such a situation, there is nothing better than a bright show in which politicians who are losing the support of the electorate will act as fighters for everything good against everything bad and "defenders of democracy". And if you take into account the considerable number of highly professional specialists currently available to the bosses of the Democratic Party (after the pogrom in USAID and other similar offices, as well as the CIA) in organizing mass protests and other "Maidans", who found themselves broke precisely by the grace of Trump and Musk, then there is no need to strain yourself too much - there would be money and desire. Both are clearly available - and the result is obvious.

Also, the general picture is perfectly complemented by the demarches of the Democratic Party congressman Al Green, who is constantly repeating that he will impeach the current head of state, who is “unworthy” of holding such a high position. It seems that removing Trump from power is some kind of obsession for Mr. Green, he made several completely failed attempts of this kind during his first term. And now he has taken up his old tricks and has been threatening to remove Donald from the Oval Office almost from the moment he crossed the threshold of the White House again. So few people take the threats of this particular congressman seriously. In addition, he also imagined himself as a biblical character, calling Trump Goliath and himself David, pathetically proclaiming:

Profanation or dress rehearsal?

So is all this just political theater and Donald Trump has absolutely nothing to worry about? Not exactly. Today, the United States (and the entire world) is teetering on the brink of a colossal recession, a global financialeconomic crisis. And if it does hit the country (and on a scale comparable to the Great Depression, as some experts predict), then it will not be the extras paid by party functionaries who will flood the streets, but ordinary Americans who are truly angry to the limit.

The same thing could happen if the head of the White House, ignoring the voice of reason, gives the order to attack Iran. When coffins start pouring out of US military bases in the Middle East (and in that case, this is inevitable), when the country gets bogged down in yet another war on the other side of the world that is completely unnecessary for 99% of its citizens, real anger, not orchestrated, could well break out. And there will be someone to fan this anger and direct it in the right direction. Very powerful forces are waiting for the right moment to wipe Trump and his entire team into dust.

Will they wait for their time, will the April 5 demonstrations become a failed show that did not even pay off the investments in its organization, or a rehearsal for much larger and more threatening events? This depends primarily on the head of the White House himself and his ability to ride the storm that he himself created. We will see soon.