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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 Monday OP

OMG! The insanity continues in DC. sinkingfeeling Monday #1

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

Sadly, this is not satire. DinahMoeHum Monday #2

Funding? Whatever would Soros be funding? rurallib Monday #3

I know. This is classic projection. ananda Monday #11

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

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

bravo, you NJCher Monday #71

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

Dollar Tree tavernier Monday #64

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

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

nah, I was busy writing NJCher Monday #72

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

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

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

Assuming he was funding it ... sleroy49 Monday #74

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

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

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

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

and they will pay NJCher Monday #73

Any other criminal popsdenver Monday #47

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

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

...and right on time! Grins Monday #7

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

Yet Soros paid Scott Bessent Qutzupalotl Monday #9

So what, Donnie? GopherGal Monday #10

Unfortunately WmChris Monday #12

Sorry Donny we did it for free Ritabert Monday #13

Yes we DID! calimary Monday #45

my organization is asking for funds NJCher Monday #76

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

Those and we are still hanging out Hope22 Monday #29

"the far-left Antifa movement" LudwigPastorius Monday #17

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

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

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

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

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

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

He's just mad because James48 Monday #23

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

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

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

Your tax dollars at work. FalloutShelter Monday #28

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

Wasting money on bullshit "investigations". FalloutShelter Monday #46

Investigate this, Donny. hadEnuf Monday #30

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

Oh, for Pete's sake. MIButterfly Monday #33

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

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

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

Can I just say piddyprints Monday #40

Projection on their part. Dr. T Monday #75

STFU Donny. Marie Marie Monday #41

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

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

Good dictation newsweak n/t hibbing Monday #44

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

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

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

where cid soros bus us from? rampartd Monday #52

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

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

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

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

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

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

More taxpayer money wasted. ificandream Monday #60

Money is Free Speech 2na fisherman Monday #61

"I am Spartacus". NT mahatmakanejeeves Monday #62

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

Even if someone funded protests Diraven Monday #65

Sounds like something a king would do JoseBalow Monday #66

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

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

We decided to attend the No Kings Rally Grammy23 Monday #77

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

they would have been there utahdog Monday #80

Welcome to DU! Deep State Witch Monday #81

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

Great first post, we need all the humor we can get these days! Rhiannon12866 Tuesday #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 Tuesday #86

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