00:00Well this march in central London has seen people demonstrate against the
00:03policies of the US President Donald Trump and in particular his
00:07introduction of tariffs which has seen stock markets nosedive right around the
00:11world. Now the organisers behind the Hands Off campaign say their message is
00:15very very simple. Hands off our rights, our resources and our democracy.
00:19You only have to look at what's going on this week with the tariffs to know that when
00:24Trump does something brain-dead we are all impacted and it's incredibly
00:32important to understand his impact goes beyond poor America who I'm afraid we
00:36have to turn our back on.
00:38Well I think the impact will be to affect the cost of living for
00:43most of us. Those of us who are on limited incomes are going to really feel it and I
00:49think people with pensions and other kinds of investments are going to feel
00:53it. I was reading earlier today that already nine trillion pounds or perhaps
00:59more has been knocked off the stock market. That's going to have a ripple
01:02effect around the world.
01:04Do you think the UK government in particular should be taking a stronger line against Trump?
01:08Yes, I don't understand why they're not. They're just going along as if everything is normal.
01:12As well as the protests here, similar marches have taken place in cities across
01:16Europe including Berlin, Lisbon and Paris. The organisers say it's proof of the
01:21widespread global discontent with Donald Trump and his second term which has also
01:26been intensified by the controversial role of his special adviser Elon Musk.
01:31Musk of course has already been the subject of a campaign against him, the
01:34Tesla takedown, which has seen sales of his EV brand go down to the lowest
01:39level for three years. But while campaigners insist that there is a
01:43growing momentum against Trump and his administration both in the US and
01:47abroad, whether these protests will have any impact on the White House, well that
01:51remains to be seen. Rahul Pathak, CGTN, London.
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