Video shows Londoners protesting Trump's 2018 visit, not 2025 inauguration | Fact check
The claim: Video shows people around the world protesting Trump presidency in January 2025
A Jan. 28 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) shows clips of thousands of people marching and holding signs criticizing and mocking President Donald Trump.
"People around the world are protesting because Donald Trump is the president," text above the video reads. "The news is reporting nothing about this."
The post garnered more than 90,000 likes in five days. Other versions of the claim were shared on Facebook and Instagram.
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Our rating: False
The video was captured in London more than six years before Trump's second term. The 2018 footage shows tens of thousands of people protesting the president's visit to the U.K. that year.
Video captured during Trump's first term
Crowds gathered in cities across the country, and even overseas, on Jan. 20 to protest Trump's inauguration.
But the Instagram video doesn't show any of those protests.
NBC News originally published the series of clips in July 2018, when Trump visited London for the first time as president. The footage shows the same group of women dressed in costumes from the book and TV series "The Handmaid's Tale," and people holding identical anti-Trump signs.
Tens of thousands of protestors had marched around Trafalgar Square in London to protest Trump's visit at the time, according to the video's caption.
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CNN, CBS News and BBC News broadcasted similar clips of the demonstration.
Paste BN reached out to the users who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
PolitiFact also debunked the claim.
Our fact-check sources
- NBC News, July 13, 2018, Tens of thousands pack London streets to protest Trump visit
- CNN (YouTube), July 13, 2018, London protests send clear message to Trump: You're not welcome
- BBC News (YouTube), July 13, 2018, Trump in UK: Protests in Central London – BBC News
- CBS News (YouTube), July 12, 2018, Widespread protests expected during Trump's U.K. visit
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