#Paul Krugman The poll analyst G. Elliott Morris has worked with a number of independent journalists to produce rough estimates of how many people participated in the protests nationwide, and comes up with a number between 4 and 6 million. That’s a huge number. Remarkably, these massive protests were almost entirely peaceful.
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/no-kings-day-protests-turn-out-millions?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Meanwhile, Donald Trump got the military parade he wanted for his birthday. And it was a box-office bust, probably attracting far fewer people than the 250,000 the White House claimed. In fact, the optics were simply embarrassing. As the Washington Post noted,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/14/trump-parade-birthday-army-anniversary/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Some in the crowd filed out as the parade continued, the number of onlookers thinning before the president gave his remarks. Even bleacher seating for VIP guests, positioned directly across from a riser for news cameras, remained half-empty throughout the program.