Millions of people are expected to demonstrate today, from New York to San Francisco, against the authoritarian policies of US President Donald Trump, responding to the call of the “No Kings” movement.

More than 2,700 rallies are planned in several US cities, including in Florida, near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion, where the Republican president will spend the weekend.

The organizers estimate that millions of Americans will participate in the protests and emphasize: “The president believes he has absolute power. But in America we have no kings, and we will not submit to chaos, corruption, and savagery.”

A call for mass participation in the mobilization was also addressed by the popular actor Robert De Niro, who in a video message urged Americans to rise up “without violence” against “King Donald Trump”.

In mid-June, when the first such mobilization was organized, millions of Americans participated in the largest protest since Trump’s return to the White House. On the same day, Donald Trump had celebrated his 79th birthday with a military parade through the streets of Washington.

Keeping a low profile in a recent Fox News interview, Trump commented: “They call me king. I’m not a king.”

Several Republican Party officials have condemned the protest movement, even going so far as to compare it to terrorism.