Trump handed win as ‘massive crowd’ gathers in London after guilty verdict

A huge crowd gathering for a Far-Right demonstration in central London chanted Donald Trump‘s name just days after he became the first former President of the US to be criminally convicted.

Thousands gathered in Parliament Square on Saturday at the protest, organised by English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson.

Footage shared on social media showed Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley Lennon, holding a Trump flag aloft and leading a chant of “Trump, Trump, Trump!”.

The event saw speeches from Robinson, former actor and Reclaim leader Laurence Fox and political commentator Carl Benjamin.

Around 300 counter-protesters, organised by the campaign group Stand Up To Racism, attended the other side Cenotaph and separated by a police cordon.

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Elsewhere, supporters were filmed chanting anti-Muslim slogans with police on high alert over the presence of demonstrators involved with previous disorder.

Marchers were heard chanting “who the f*** is Allah” as well as other hateful slogans and the Met said it had identified attendees “previously well known for involvement in anti-lockdown protests during the pandemic and associated disorder.”

The force said groups from across the UK linked to football disorder were spotted at the march.

Addressing the crowd, Robinson said: “This is what London should look like. First, they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win.

“Why does it feel like I’m winning?”, he asked as he thanked the attendees, adding: “We’re not going to be silenced any longer.”

Nick Lowles, chief executive of HOPE Not Hate, said ahead of the rally: “Today’s demonstration is set to be the biggest gathering of far-right activists, football hooligans and Tommy Robinson supporters in years.

“There is a strong likelihood of violence as we have unearthed shocking messages from hooligan chat groups where people are threatening to attack people of colour, pro-Palestine demonstrators and even the police.”

Tommy Robinson has been approached for comment.

Last week, a New York jury found Trump guilty in relation to a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to porn actor Stormy Daniels, who claims the two had sex in 2006.

The former president, 77, was convicted of falsifying business records in an attempt to cover up a hush money payment sent to Stormy Daniels.

Trump denied the affair and any wrongdoing. Following the verdict he lamented the “rigged, disgraceful trial”, insisting he is a “very innocent man.”

He told reporters the “real verdict is going to be 5 November by the people,” referring to the date of the looming US election.

Donald Trump has made anti-immigration rhetoric a pillar of his campaigning but used his stranglehold on the GOP to influence lawmakers to kill a bipartisan bill put forward by the Democrats earlier this year that would have significantly toughened border force powers.

The legislation would have seen hundreds of millions of dollars on border wall construction, decisions on asylum cases fast-tracked as well as the ability of the federal government to close down the border when migrant crossings pass a threshold of 5,000 per week.

Democrats accused Trump of sinking the bill’s chances because it would be bad for him politically, while the Republican branded it a “horrible open borders betrayal of America,” as he vowed to “fight it all the way.”