October 18, 2025 • 9 mins
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Millions across the United States gathered together on Saturday, October 18 to oppose the Trump administration’s authoritarian agenda in a second-round of ‘No Kings’ protests.
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(00:02):
Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, friends, my name is
Mehdi Hassan. I am a journalist, I am an
immigrant and I am a Muslim. I am everything Donald Trump
loves. I am the Trump trifecta.
(00:23):
I'm also a bit of a socialist, but but don't tell Stephen
Miller. He alarms quite quickly.
Can I just say it is so heartwarming to see so many of
you out here in DC today, DC, make some noise.
We need to make sure today that they hear us in the White House
(00:47):
and in the capital all week. I've heard Speaker Mike Johnson
and Republican members of Congress say that this rally,
the No Kings rally, is a hate rally.
A hate rally. The people who can't get through
a single day without hating on late night comedians and
(01:12):
overweight soldiers and Muslim politicians and Mexican
immigrants and Palestinian refugees and black women and
transgender kids and peaceful protesters and Mr. Fricking
Potato Head. They are lecturing us on the
hate, really. I'm not here out of hate, I'm
(01:35):
here out of love. Need extra cash without a
monthly payment at Finance of America?
There's a better way to unlock your home equity with.
I'm here because I love this country, I love America, I love
the First Amendment, I love our democracy, I love our diversity.
(01:58):
Yes, our diversity. And I am not willing to sit back
and watch our glorious American multiracial, multicultural
democratic experiment, our constitutional Republic,
destroyed by the guy from home alone too.
(02:18):
Not going to do it because I didnot inherit America.
I did not inherit America. I chose America.
I wasn't born here. I immigrated here.
And we immigrants, we love this country often more than the
people who are born here becausewe chose to move here, live
(02:42):
here, swear an oath to the Constitution here, an oath that
the guy down the street violatesevery morning and every night.
The great irony is, of course, that Donald Trump is the son of
an immigrant, the grandson of animmigrant, and married to an
immigrant. In fact, two of his three wives
(03:04):
were immigrants, proving yet again that immigrants will do
the jobs that even Americans arenot willing to do.
I immigrated here from the United Kingdom.
You want to talk about no kings?The UK still has a king, King
Charles the Third, but even he has less gold in his palace than
(03:27):
Donald Trump has in the Oval Office right now.
Even King Charles has more respect for democratic norms and
traditions than the whiny authoritarian man child trying
to sell troops into as many bluecities as he can.
This is a president who says he wants to be a dictator, but only
for a day. Well, we are now 271 days into
(03:48):
his wannabe dictatorship. He just went to see the Egyptian
President Sisi, who is a military dictator, runs one of
the most repressive regimes on earth.
And he went there and he said, Iwant to praise your fantastic
leadership and your low crime rate.
This is who he loves. This is the autocratic leader he
aspires to be. And of course, he was in Egypt
hailing his Gaza peace plan, which is a ceasefire, yes, but
(04:13):
not a peace plan. Donald Trump, the man who uses
Palestinian as a pejorative, as a slur, has no plan for
Palestinian freedom, no plan forPalestinian statehood, no plan
for justice for the Palestinianswho have been massacred and
starved and genocided and ethnically cleansed for the past
two years, including the past nine months of his presidency.
(04:37):
Meanwhile, Israel for the past week has violated the ceasefire
again and again, killing Palestinians with impunity.
Yesterday they killed 7 Palestinian children during a
ceasefire. There is no peace in the Middle
East because, as Doctor King said, peace is not just the
absence of violence, it is the presence of justice.
(05:00):
So these are dark times. Genocide abroad, fascism at
home, which is why it's so crucial that we gather, we
organize, we rally like this, wemobilize, we pluralize, we bring
people into the tent, we register voters, we defend
voters, we become voters if we're not already.
And you know, they say we don't reach out to the other side, we
(05:23):
don't reach out to conservativesor Republicans, that we're in an
echo chamber. Well, let me say to every
Republican and conservative watching, aren't you the ones
who said no more big government,no tyranny in America?
So if you believe that, what areyou doing defending masked
(05:43):
federal agents in unmarked cars,bundling people off of the
streets, including American citizens, and disappearing them?
How are you OK with that? And if you're not OK with it,
then come over to our side. The side of the Democrats.
The small D Democrats. Not the big D Democrats, not the
(06:03):
Democratic Party. Those of us who are from all
parties and none but those of uswho care about saving America so
that we can get to our 250th birthday and still be free when
we reach 250 years. Come over to our side.
The side of no crowns, no Thrones, no kings.
(06:26):
The side of freedom of liberty of the Constitution, the First
Amendment, the 4th Amendment, the 14th Amendment, the 22nd
Amendment, which says 2 terms means 2 terms.
And if you're not worried about Donald Trump trying to stay on
for a third term, you should be.He's literally selling merch.
(06:48):
So I worry about free and fair elections in 2028.
But then I say, why should I worry?
I see all of you here today. What is there to worry about?
We here today are not spectators.
We are citizens. We are not bystanders.
We are proud and patriotic Americans.
And we Americans, we the people,will not allow our country to be
(07:09):
taken over by demagogues and dictators.
We will not stand for it. So let me ask you this.
I need to hear you. Strength training now at a new
level, Jim Monster 2 is an all in one design that covers 100%
of strength work. Are you willing?
(07:32):
Are you willing answer this? Are you willing to sit back and
let Trump shred our freedoms? I can't hear you, DC.
They need to hear you in the White House.
Are you willing to let Trump shred our freedoms?
Are you willing to sit back and bend the knee to fascists and
white supremacists? Are you willing to be the
(07:56):
Americans on whose watch democracy died?
Good. Because people power is our last
line of defense. Remember this, Donald Trump has
never, ever, not in three elections, won a majority of the
vote. Never.
And I'll say this to you. I'll say this to you.
Here's the math that they are scared of.
(08:18):
There are more of us than there are of them.
We are the majority. Say with me, we are the
majority. They're not loud enough to
ladies, come on louder. We are the majority.
Yes, we are. And we have no intention of
(08:38):
losing our country, our democracy, our freedoms to that
twice impeached convicted criminal and his gang of
grifters. No way.
We will out organize them. We will outvote them.
We will outlast them. Because when I see you all out
here today, when I see you all out here today in your
thousands, in millions across the country, I have hope.
(09:02):
I have faith that America can defeat this fascist threat, this
authoritarian mania, this MAGA cult, and save our freedoms.
And I also have faith and hope that one day, one day soon, the
Palestinians will be free. Thank you very much for your
time. Did you like this?
Video Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel and turn
(09:25):
on notifications for exclusive content.
And to support our independent, unfiltered journalism, head over
to zeteo.com. Your support matters.
Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, friends, my name is
Mehdi Hassan. I am a journalist, I am an
immigrant and I am a Muslim. I am everything Donald Trump
loves. I am the Trump trifecta.
(00:23):
I'm also a bit of a socialist, but but don't tell Stephen
Miller. He alarms quite quickly.
Can I just say it is so heartwarming to see so many of
you out here in DC today, DC, make some noise.
We need to make sure today that they hear us in the White House
(00:47):
and in the capital all week. I've heard Speaker Mike Johnson
and Republican members of Congress say that this rally,
the No Kings rally, is a hate rally.
A hate rally. The people who can't get through
a single day without hating on late night comedians and
(01:12):
overweight soldiers and Muslim politicians and Mexican
immigrants and Palestinian refugees and black women and
transgender kids and peaceful protesters and Mr. Fricking
Potato Head. They are lecturing us on the
hate, really. I'm not here out of hate, I'm
(01:35):
here out of love. Need extra cash without a
monthly payment at Finance of America?
There's a better way to unlock your home equity with.
I'm here because I love this country, I love America, I love
the First Amendment, I love our democracy, I love our diversity.
(01:58):
Yes, our diversity. And I am not willing to sit back
and watch our glorious American multiracial, multicultural
democratic experiment, our constitutional Republic,
destroyed by the guy from home alone too.
(02:18):
Not going to do it because I didnot inherit America.
I did not inherit America. I chose America.
I wasn't born here. I immigrated here.
And we immigrants, we love this country often more than the
people who are born here becausewe chose to move here, live
(02:42):
here, swear an oath to the Constitution here, an oath that
the guy down the street violatesevery morning and every night.
The great irony is, of course, that Donald Trump is the son of
an immigrant, the grandson of animmigrant, and married to an
immigrant. In fact, two of his three wives
(03:04):
were immigrants, proving yet again that immigrants will do
the jobs that even Americans arenot willing to do.
I immigrated here from the United Kingdom.
You want to talk about no kings?The UK still has a king, King
Charles the Third, but even he has less gold in his palace than
(03:27):
Donald Trump has in the Oval Office right now.
Even King Charles has more respect for democratic norms and
traditions than the whiny authoritarian man child trying
to sell troops into as many bluecities as he can.
This is a president who says he wants to be a dictator, but only
for a day. Well, we are now 271 days into
(03:48):
his wannabe dictatorship. He just went to see the Egyptian
President Sisi, who is a military dictator, runs one of
the most repressive regimes on earth.
And he went there and he said, Iwant to praise your fantastic
leadership and your low crime rate.
This is who he loves. This is the autocratic leader he
aspires to be. And of course, he was in Egypt
hailing his Gaza peace plan, which is a ceasefire, yes, but
(04:13):
not a peace plan. Donald Trump, the man who uses
Palestinian as a pejorative, as a slur, has no plan for
Palestinian freedom, no plan forPalestinian statehood, no plan
for justice for the Palestinianswho have been massacred and
starved and genocided and ethnically cleansed for the past
two years, including the past nine months of his presidency.
(04:37):
Meanwhile, Israel for the past week has violated the ceasefire
again and again, killing Palestinians with impunity.
Yesterday they killed 7 Palestinian children during a
ceasefire. There is no peace in the Middle
East because, as Doctor King said, peace is not just the
absence of violence, it is the presence of justice.
(05:00):
So these are dark times. Genocide abroad, fascism at
home, which is why it's so crucial that we gather, we
organize, we rally like this, wemobilize, we pluralize, we bring
people into the tent, we register voters, we defend
voters, we become voters if we're not already.
And you know, they say we don't reach out to the other side, we
(05:23):
don't reach out to conservativesor Republicans, that we're in an
echo chamber. Well, let me say to every
Republican and conservative watching, aren't you the ones
who said no more big government,no tyranny in America?
So if you believe that, what areyou doing defending masked
(05:43):
federal agents in unmarked cars,bundling people off of the
streets, including American citizens, and disappearing them?
How are you OK with that? And if you're not OK with it,
then come over to our side. The side of the Democrats.
The small D Democrats. Not the big D Democrats, not the
(06:03):
Democratic Party. Those of us who are from all
parties and none but those of uswho care about saving America so
that we can get to our 250th birthday and still be free when
we reach 250 years. Come over to our side.
The side of no crowns, no Thrones, no kings.
(06:26):
The side of freedom of liberty of the Constitution, the First
Amendment, the 4th Amendment, the 14th Amendment, the 22nd
Amendment, which says 2 terms means 2 terms.
And if you're not worried about Donald Trump trying to stay on
for a third term, you should be.He's literally selling merch.
(06:48):
So I worry about free and fair elections in 2028.
But then I say, why should I worry?
I see all of you here today. What is there to worry about?
We here today are not spectators.
We are citizens. We are not bystanders.
We are proud and patriotic Americans.
And we Americans, we the people,will not allow our country to be
(07:09):
taken over by demagogues and dictators.
We will not stand for it. So let me ask you this.
I need to hear you. Strength training now at a new
level, Jim Monster 2 is an all in one design that covers 100%
of strength work. Are you willing?
(07:32):
Are you willing answer this? Are you willing to sit back and
let Trump shred our freedoms? I can't hear you, DC.
They need to hear you in the White House.
Are you willing to let Trump shred our freedoms?
Are you willing to sit back and bend the knee to fascists and
white supremacists? Are you willing to be the
(07:56):
Americans on whose watch democracy died?
Good. Because people power is our last
line of defense. Remember this, Donald Trump has
never, ever, not in three elections, won a majority of the
vote. Never.
And I'll say this to you. I'll say this to you.
Here's the math that they are scared of.
(08:18):
There are more of us than there are of them.
We are the majority. Say with me, we are the
majority. They're not loud enough to
ladies, come on louder. We are the majority.
Yes, we are. And we have no intention of
(08:38):
losing our country, our democracy, our freedoms to that
twice impeached convicted criminal and his gang of
grifters. No way.
We will out organize them. We will outvote them.
We will outlast them. Because when I see you all out
here today, when I see you all out here today in your
thousands, in millions across the country, I have hope.
(09:02):
I have faith that America can defeat this fascist threat, this
authoritarian mania, this MAGA cult, and save our freedoms.
And I also have faith and hope that one day, one day soon, the
Palestinians will be free. Thank you very much for your
time. Did you like this?
Video Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel and turn
(09:25):
on notifications for exclusive content.
And to support our independent, unfiltered journalism, head over
to zeteo.com. Your support matters.
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