ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor’s “No Kings” protest on Saturday largely took aim at President Donald Trump, but two of the event’s speakers went off script with a different message.

In protest to President Donald Trump and his administration, Grand Valley residents gathered at Canyon View Park Saturday for a "No Kings" protest, being one of the nearly 2,000 protests that took place across the country.

Evanston joined cities across the nation in holding a “No Kings” rally June 14, 2025, to protest Trump Administration actions.

Organizers had said that they hoped the rallies in more than 2,000 cities — dubbed “No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance” — would be peaceful and free of confrontation. Yet the day was marred by the news of deadly violence overnight in Minneapolis,

The protest on Saturday was on the same day as a military parade in Washington, D.C marking the Army's 250th anniversary.

Millions of demonstrators mobilized around the country as a smaller, subdued crowd gathered to witness the display of grandeur and might in the nation’s muggy capital.

Tens of thousands of Americans joined "No Kings" protests across the United States against the Trump administration.