See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Twitter and Tumblr. Others marched by Helsinki landmarks, far away from the leaders’ gathering but in clear view of curious residents and tourists. Some stayed at barriers erected by police to try to register their complaints as the world leaders sped by in armor-plated vehicles for their summit at Finland’s presidential palace. I saw dozens and dozens of pick-up trucks with, you know, expletives against Joe Biden on the back of them, Trump flags and some cases just dozens of American flags, which, you know, is also just disturbing. In a city proud to defend the right to protest, demonstrators were scattered about. In a video, Tuesday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, New York Times columnist Mara Gay said, I was on Long Island visiting a dear friend.I was disturbed.
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Free traders, anti-war Ukrainians, environmentalists and rainbow flag-waving gay rights supporters all vied for attention from the world’s media. Anti-fascist protesters carried signs with expletive-laden insults. After President Donald Trump lashed out against a Michigan. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold two days of high-profile protests in the Finnish capital over a variety of grievances.Ībortion-rights activists dressed up Monday in bulging bellies and Trump masks. White House defends Trump as counter-puncher after he suggests late Michigan congressman in hell originally appeared on abcnews.go.com. (Photo: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)Īctivists used Monday’s summit between U.S. Protesters take part in the so-called “Helsinki against Trump and Putin” demonstration on the sidelines of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on July 16, 2018, in Helsinki, Finland. Protests in Helsinki ahead of Trump-Putin summit