- Title: Anti-Trump protest held in Rome as U.S. President arrives in Italy
- Date: 23rd May 2017
- Summary: ROME, ITALY (MAY 23, 2017) (REUTERS) ANTI-TRUMP DEMONSTRATORS STANDING IN SEMI-CIRCLE, CHANTING "TRUMP YOU'RE FIRED" / DEMONSTRATOR HOLDING BANNER READING (English) "BAN TRAVEL FOR TRUMP" VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS CHANTING "TRUMP YOU'RE FIRED" DEMONSTRATOR HOLDING BANNER READING (English) "JUST LEAVE" DEMONSTRATORS CHANTING (English) "DEFIANCE FOR SCIENCE" DEMONSTRATORS CHANTING (English) "EDUCATION NOT DEPORTATION" / YOUNG GIRL CHANTING AND HOLDING BANNER READING (English) "TRUMP SHUT UP" DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING UP BANNERS, CHANTING (English) "DUMP TRUMP" VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS CHANTING (English) "THE PEOPLE, UNITED, WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED" DEMONSTRATORS CHANTING (Spanish) "THE PEOPLE, UNITED, WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED" (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANTI-TRUMP DEMONSTRATOR, DESIREE TOWNLIE, SAYING: "My main message to Trump is that America supports equality and that we are embarrassed of his position in the world. It's embarrassing to hear him express himself, he is uneducated, he is uncultured and he is a person who does not support what the American people support. We are against Trump and people all over the world are showing that." (SOUNDBITE) (English) 64-YEAR-OLD ANTI-TRUMP DEMONSTRATOR DAVE WOLFENDALE SAYING: "I don't understand why he is still there. And I bet he will be impeached before I'm 65."
- Embargoed: 6th June 2017 21:29
- Keywords: protest anti-Trump demonstration Pope Francis Vatican Rome U.S. President Donald Trump
- Location: ROME, ITALY
- City: ROME, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0016I2A3WN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Around 100 mainly U.S. expatriates chanted slogans and sang songs as they protested in Rome against U.S. President Donald Trump's arrival in Italy on Tuesday (May 23).
Armed with banners and flags, the demonstrators gathered at a Roman square a few kilometres from the residence of the U.S. ambassador where Trump is overnighting.
The demonstration was organised by the American Expats for Positive Change (AEPC Italy) and Women's March Rome. The demonstrators held up banners reading "Ban Travel for Trump" and "Just Leave" and chanted "Love trumps hate", "Education not deportation" and "Trump, you're fired".
Trump is due to meet with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Wednesday (May 24) morning. He will then hold brief talks with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. Melania Trump is due to visit a Vatican-owned children's hospital while Ivanka Trump will meet victims of human trafficking, and a Catholic charity community.
Trump is due to spend less than 24 hours in Italy before flying to Brussels for talks with European Union and NATO chiefs. He will return to Italy on Thursday for a summit of the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations in Sicily. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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