London 4 June 2019. Photo: Steve Eason

Trump’s visit: fake photo round-up

Donald Trump claimed that the protests against his state visit to the UK this week (3-5 June 2019) were ‘fake news’. While the protests were on a smaller scale than his previous visit, we have still managed to collect a few fake photos of the demonstrations that didn’t happen around the UK.

Photos by Steve Eason, Hanna Gal, John Walker and Pete Cannell.

On Monday night, Feminist Antifascist Action were ready with a banner to meet Trump’s motorcade as he arrived for his state banquet at Buckingham Palace:

London, 3 June 2019. Photo: Hanna Gal

Meanwhile, there were demonstrations around the UK, including in Edinburgh:

Edinburgh 3 June 2019. Photo: Pete Cannell

Photo: Pete Cannell

In Oxford:

Photo: John Walker

Photo: John Walker

Trump has suggested that the NHS is ‘on the table’ in a future trade deal. Protesters in London had a message for him:

London 4 June. Photo: Steve Eason

Milkshakes were at the ready:

Photo: Steve Eason

Speakers at the rally on Whitehall included Jeremy Corbyn:

and Caroline Lucas:

Activists from Extinction Rebellion joined the demonstration:

Photo: Steve Eason

As did migrant community organisations:

All with the same basic message to Donald Trump:

Photo: Steve Eason