Thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Dublin on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump’s support for Israel during his visit to Ireland, deploying enormous inflatable balloons that left little to the imagination.
The protest, organized by groups including the Irish Neutrality League and the Irish Anti-War Movement under the banner “Trump, You Are Not Welcome Here,” drew more than 10,000 people according to organizers, who said the march took over half an hour to fully depart its starting point at the Garden of Remembrance.
Marchers made their way along O’Connell Street toward the Dáil, Ireland’s parliament, chanting slogans that mixed anti-war and anti-Zionist sentiment.
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At the center of the spectacle were the inflatables: a larger-than-life Trump figure positioned behind an equally oversized Netanyahu—demonstrating what protesters see as Trump’s subservience to Israeli interests.
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The demonstration reflected a convergence of Irish opposition to Trump’s foreign policy, particularly his administration’s support for Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and its broader Middle East posture. Ireland has maintained a tradition of military neutrality, and speakers at the protest warned that allowing US military use of Shannon Airport was eroding that principle.
The timing also intersected with Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union, which Taoiseach Martin acknowledged had stretched Garda resources thin. “This is an exceptionally busy year,” Martin said, adding that “very significant resources” had been allocated for both the EU presidency and Trump’s visit.
As the march concluded at Molesworth Street with music and speeches, the inflatables remained visible above the crowd—a crude but unmistakable statement from a country where, on this day at least, the answer to Trump’s arrival was a resounding no.
