01-05-2025
LIVE: Trump, Elon Musk protest in West Palm Beach, Florida, down the road from Mar-a-Lago
President Donald Trump returns home to Florida today, May 1, the same day hundreds of protests against him and Elon Musk take place.
There's one four miles down the road from his private club, Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida.
Less than a month after 1,300 "Hands off!" protests nationwide against Trump and Elon Musk, including 45 in Trump's home state of Florida, protesters are organizing "May Day 2025: National Day of Action" rallies against the pair.
Earlier this month, USA TODAY reported there were more than 1,000 protests across the country against Trump and Musk on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Over 40 of those were planned for Florida, including some down the road from Trump's private club, Mar-a-Lago.
Many of these mass mobilization rallies have "May Day" plus the name of the city and state and "fight back!" in their titles. They are happening on the weekend that Trump returns to his home, Mar-a-Lago, also known as the Winter White House or Southern White House because of the amount of time spent here during his first and second term.
The "Hands off!" Trump-Musk rallies happened just after April 2, 2025, what Trump called 'Liberation Day,' when he imposed sweeping tariffs affecting all U.S. trading partners and imports.
"May Day: National Day of Action 2025" is the title, filter and group behind the "mass mobilization" nationwide rallies and protests aimed at Trump and Musk, SpaceX and Tesla CEO who is leading the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE for short.
Most of the May Day rallies − which take place from Thursday to Sunday, May 1 to May 4, 2025 − have this message online: "For May Day 2025, workers, parents, seniors, community members, students, and working families are coming together to raise their voices for better, safer, and stronger communities across the country.
Below is the YouTube livestream from the Palm Beach Post of the USA TODAY Network and one of Trump's hometown newspapers.
West Palm Beach, Florida: "May Day Strong: We are the Many" rally will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET Thursday, May 1, 2025, at Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, Palm Beach County, 205 N. Dixie Highway West Palm Beach.
Sangalang is a lead digital producer for USA TODAY Network. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram at @byjensangalang. Support local journalism. Consider subscribing to a Florida newspaper.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Live: Elon Musk, Trump May Day 2025 protest near Mar-a-Lago, Florida
