Thousands of people are expected to rally throughout Southern California today as part of a nationwide “Hands Off!” protests against the Trump administration’s steep cuts in federal programs, mass firings and a slew of tariff hikes that sent financial markets reeling.

Thousands are expected to gather across Southern California for "Hands Off!" demonstrations against Trump's tariffs, program cuts, and federal worker layoffs, which protesters claim harm public services and social safety nets.

Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to join the national "Hands Off!" protest.

Those balloons, along with an expected thousands of protesters in downtown Los Angeles, are part of the nationwide day of demonstrations, aimed at pushing back against the Trump administration’s spending cuts and mass layoffs of federal workers, which protesters say are threatening essential public services and social safety nets.

Crowds of people angry about the way President Donald Trump is running the country marched and rallied in scores of American cities Saturday in the biggest day of demonstrations yet by an

Thousands of protesters also gathered Saturday in Berlin, Paris and London to rally against Trump and Musk.Hosting organizations in the U.S. include longstanding groups like Indivisible, Women’s March, MoveOn, Working Families Power, and Public Citizen and grassroots groups like 50501 that have formed since Election Day.

Scores of videos and photos from the protests have flooded social media. They show large number of people gathering in Chicago, New York City, Boston, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City among several other areas.

The statewide demonstrations on April 5 are variations of national protests condemning MAGA and actions taken by the Trump administration.