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Trump Admin to Investigate 'No Kings' Protests [View all]

Source: Newsweek

Published Oct 20, 2025 at 02:26 AM EDT updated Oct 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT

President Donald Trump said his administration is probing whether the billionaire philanthropist George Soros "and other radical left lunatics" helped to fund the "No Kings" protests on Saturday.

Through his foundations, Soros has heavily funded progressive causes across the world, including in the U.S., and become a bête noire of the conservative right. Trump has also recently designated the far-left Antifa movement as a terrorist organization. “I guess (the protest) was paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics,” Trump told reporters on board Air Force One as he traveled back to Washington, D.C., from Florida on Sunday night. “It looks like it was, we're checking it out.”

Why It Matters

The “No Kings” protests are an illustration of how divided America is right now, with millions gathering across the United States on Saturday. Organizers said nearly 7 million people attended around 2,700 protests in every state across the U.S. on Saturday. International demonstrations were also seen in several European countries, including Germany, Portugal, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic.

Trump's claim that Soros may have funded the movement questions the legitimacy of the protests against him, implying that they may not be reflective of what people actually believe.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-investigate-no-kings-protests-soros-10903951

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Trump Admin to Investigate 'No Kings' Protests [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 20 OP

OMG! The insanity continues in DC. sinkingfeeling Oct 20 #1

Protected-by-the-gardians-of-pedophiles pedofelon wants a violent rebellion Justice matters. Oct 20 #37

Sadly, this is not satire. DinahMoeHum Oct 20 #2

Funding? Whatever would Soros be funding? rurallib Oct 20 #3

I know. This is classic projection. ananda Oct 20 #11

Posterboard and markers from Michael's? F'ing idiot Dump. CurtEastPoint Oct 20 #16

I swear I paid for my 🐸 balloon myself! redwitch Oct 20 #38

bravo, you NJCher Oct 20 #71

We had a bagpiper in our village rally! redwitch Oct 20 #79

Dollar Tree tavernier Oct 20 #64

I don't know but he owes me for parking. travelingthrulife Oct 20 #48

What...you didn't get your $2500 check for marching? Bengus81 Oct 20 #51

nah, I was busy writing NJCher Oct 20 #72

Repubs claim that Soros is paying people to protest. ShazzieB Oct 20 #70

This falsehood has been around for a long time. At the "kids in cages" protest a handful of MAGAts showed up Rhiannon12866 Oct 21 #84

The Borowitz Report: GEORGE SOROS DECLARES BANKRUPTCY AFTER PAYING NO KINGS PROTESTORS eppur_se_muova Oct 21 #87

Assuming he was funding it ... sleroy49 Oct 20 #74

Soros buys and prints the signs, Old Testament Libera Oct 21 #83

Dump is too fucking stupid to realize people hate him because of himself mdbl Oct 20 #4

Exactly! Like the sign says ... "I'm not being paid to hate Chump" FakeNoose Oct 20 #15

Same goes for politicians and judges allowing him to attain and remain in office. mdbl Oct 20 #21

and they will pay NJCher Oct 20 #73

Any other criminal popsdenver Oct 20 #47

George Soros..Trump's ultimate Jewish boogeyman.... agingdem Oct 20 #5

and is an anti-semitic dog whistle for his base...never forget that all Soros attacks are meant for the neoNazis JT45242 Oct 20 #6

...and right on time! Grins Oct 20 #7

Time and resources spent not releasing the Epstein files and not spent hunting pedophiles. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 20 #8

Yet Soros paid Scott Bessent Qutzupalotl Oct 20 #9

So what, Donnie? GopherGal Oct 20 #10

Unfortunately WmChris Oct 20 #12

Sorry Donny we did it for free Ritabert Oct 20 #13

Yes we DID! calimary Oct 20 #45

my organization is asking for funds NJCher Oct 20 #76

I haven't received my check for attending the local No Kings protest, and my Antifa membership card hasn't sop Oct 20 #14

Those and we are still hanging out Hope22 Oct 20 #29

"the far-left Antifa movement" LudwigPastorius Oct 20 #17

Corporate media is helping Trump turn Antifa into the new Red Menace. sop Oct 20 #26

When you are an actual goddamned Nazi,... LudwigPastorius Oct 20 #36

Anyone who resists is "radical left". Dr. T Oct 20 #69

Trump and Republicans paid people to attend his rallies so they assume someone pays for the No Kings protests. Lonestarblue Oct 20 #18

"we're checking it out." ... translation: usonian Oct 20 #19

Question that f45 should be ask is how is his regime going to get enough LEOs to arrest the 8+ million No Kings in2herbs Oct 20 #20

"I wanna investigate who's enabling Americans to engage in and use their own rights! So unfair!!!" Torchlight Oct 20 #22

He's just mad because James48 Oct 20 #23

Let's give a round of applause to the stunningly brilliant guy in the Oval Office. democrank Oct 20 #24

Hey dipshit. No one has to pay anyone to protest you. We do it for free. Ray Bruns Oct 20 #25

He didn't (I never even got my check from the first one), but even if he did, so what? Ocelot II Oct 20 #27

Your tax dollars at work. FalloutShelter Oct 20 #28

How so? Do you mean spending to shuttle Donald from golf course to golf course? flashman13 Oct 20 #31

Wasting money on bullshit "investigations". FalloutShelter Oct 20 #46

Investigate this, Donny. hadEnuf Oct 20 #30

And when may we expect an investigation into who instigated and funded the January 6 insurrection? BattleRow Oct 20 #32

Oh, for Pete's sake. MIButterfly Oct 20 #33

I wish we had patriotic Republicans in Congress who could put a stop to this fleecing of tax payers!! riversedge Oct 20 #34

Bearing False Witness again and again, and claiming to be "Christian" Champp Oct 20 #35

And if he did fund it, so what. R Merm Oct 20 #39

Can I just say piddyprints Oct 20 #40

Projection on their part. Dr. T Oct 20 #75

STFU Donny. Marie Marie Oct 20 #41

Let them alol be like old drunks throwing roundhouse puynches itto the air Warpy Oct 20 #42

Wait. I thought he just said they amounted to nothing since so few people attended. Vinca Oct 20 #43

Good dictation newsweak n/t hibbing Oct 20 #44

Oh god, he's so pathetic Grim Chieftain Oct 20 #49

They'll run out of investigators soon. BadgerMom Oct 20 #50

Not to mention Vought and company are busy firing and laying off career Deminpenn Oct 20 #54

where cid soros bus us from? rampartd Oct 20 #52

Just shows how successful it was that Donnie "pant load" Trump want to investigate Bengus81 Oct 20 #53

This isn't a joke to him... his mind sees it as a betrayal, and everyone else in the slightlv Oct 20 #55

DOJ during Obama's terms did not do that bmichaelh Oct 20 #56

That's one way to incentivize more protests Raven123 Oct 20 #57

This just tells me that the protests are eating him up inside Bristlecone Oct 20 #58

What IS it with right-wing fools and George Soros? mwb970 Oct 20 #59

More taxpayer money wasted. ificandream Oct 20 #60

Money is Free Speech 2na fisherman Oct 20 #61

"I am Spartacus". NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 20 #62

We get one billionaire on our side and he has thousands, then goes ape shit. GreenWave Oct 20 #63

Even if someone funded protests Diraven Oct 20 #65

Sounds like something a king would do JoseBalow Oct 20 #66

He literally doesn't understand how much people despise him. AllyCat Oct 20 #67

We don't need George Soros to fund the cause of freedom in America. patphil Oct 20 #68

We decided to attend the No Kings Rally Grammy23 Oct 20 #77

"....they may not be reflective of what people actually believe." Sogo Oct 20 #78

they would have been there utahdog Oct 20 #80

Welcome to DU! Deep State Witch Oct 20 #81

Good one! Welcome to DU. At DU we call a zinger like that a "DUzie". . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 20 #82

Great first post, we need all the humor we can get these days! Rhiannon12866 Oct 21 #85

I'd love to be the one to report the conclusions of that report: "By all the best evidence, they really do hate you. " eppur_se_muova Oct 21 #86

"...implying that they may not be reflective of what people actually believe." CBHagman Oct 21 #88