No Kings, No ICE.), No War”: thousands marched across the United States on Saturday against Donald Trump, his anti-immigration policies and his war on Iran.

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It is the third time in less than a year that America has been called to take to the streets by this movement since the Republican billionaire returned to the White House.

More than 3,000 protests were held across the country, from New York to Alaska, from cities to rural areas.

“We believe the Constitution is threatened in many ways. The situation is not normal, it is not acceptable. That’s why we’re here, to help keep people safe and make sure their voices are heard,” Mark McCohy, a 36-year-old war veteran who went to protest in Atlanta, Georgia, told Agence France-Presse.

In Washington, D.C., just a few blocks from the White House, 67-year-old Robert Pavosevich says Donald Trump “tells nothing but lies.” “I think more and more people are angry and I think things are slowly changing,” he says.

At the same time, the US president was playing golf at his private club in Florida on Saturday afternoon.

In Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Boston, citizens marched with placards bearing anti-war messages and peace symbols after a month of conflict in Iran.

In Lansing, Michigan, a protester held a placard that read “No Kings, No ICE, No War.”

Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of New York City, where actor Robert De Niro, a fierce critic of Donald Trump, led the march.

“Other presidents have tested the constitutional limits of their power, but none have posed such an existential threat to our freedoms and security. We must stop him,” he urged.

From across the Atlantic, in Rome, Amsterdam, Madrid and Athens, rallies against the US president were also held.

Around twenty thousand people marched in the Italian capital, also celebrating the defeat of the far-right government in a referendum on justice.

“We don’t want a world ruled by kings, oligarchies, who decide over us, fight the people and fight among themselves,” said Andrea Nossa, a 29-year-old researcher from Milan, wearing a T-shirt celebrating the French Revolution.

“After our last protest, this government has plunged us further into war,” complains Navid Shah, head of Common Defense, a war veterans’ organization and member of the No Kings coalition.

“At home, we have seen civilians killed in the street by militarized police. We’ve seen families uprooted and immigrant communities targeted,” this veteran adds, referring to the events that recently rocked Minneapolis.

This democratic city in the Midwest, the epicentre at the start of the year of the US government’s brutal anti-immigration onslaught, is being presented as the nerve centre of the protests, along with its twin city of St Paul, where 200.000 people demonstrated, according to No Kings.

Rock legend Bruce Springsteen performed his song “Streets of Minneapolis,” which he wrote as a tribute to Renee Goode and Alex Pretty, the two Americans who were killed by federal agents during immigration enforcement operations.

In the crowd, some protesters held placards reading “ICE out” while others called for “justice” for the two victims.

On the steps of the state Capitol, a large banner captured the general spirit: “The Revolution Begins in Minnesota.”

Organizers specify that two-thirds of the people who indicated their intention to participate in the protests reside outside of the major cities, a figure that shows a significant increase over the previous day of mobilization.