LARGE crowds protested against the war in Iran and US President Donald Trump’s actions in “No Kings” rallies across the US on Saturday.

Minnesota took centre stage, with thousands of people standing shoulder-to-shoulder to celebrate resistance to Mr Trump’s brutal immigration enforcement.

Minnesota’s flagship event drew Bruce Springsteen as its headliner. He and other speakers praised the state’s people for taking to the streets over the winter in opposition to a surge of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

“Your strength and your commitment told us that this was still America,” he said. “And this reactionary nightmare, and these invasions of American cities, will not stand.”

Mr Trump’s immigration enforcement push, particularly in Minnesota, was just one item on a long list of grievances that also included the war in Iran and the rollback of transgender rights.

In Washington, hundreds marched past the Lincoln Memorial and into the National Mall, holding signs that read “Put down the crown, clown” and “Regime change begins at home.”

Protest organisers have estimated that the first two rounds of No Kings rallies drew more than five million people in June, and seven million in October. They expected nine million participants on Saturday, though it was not clear whether those expectations were met.

Organisers said more than 3,100 events — 500 more than in October — were registered, in all 50 states.

Before Mr Springsteen took the stage in Minnesota, the organisers played a video in which actor Robert DeNiro said he wakes up every morning depressed because of Mr Trump but was happier Saturday because millions of people were protesting.

He also congratulated Minnesotans for running Ice out of town.

The Bill also included singer Joan Baez, actor Jane Fonda, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and a long list of activists, labour leaders and elected officials.

Protesters held up a massive sign on the Capitol steps that read, “We had whistles, they had guns. The revolution starts in Minneapolis.”

“Donald Trump may pretend that he’s not listening, but he can’t ignore the millions in the streets today,” said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.