Appalled by President Donald Trump’s actions during his first few weeks in office, Marylanders from across the state protested in Annapolis Tuesday ahead of his address to Congress. “I want to say thank you on our behalf because you being out here today is what we fought for,

President Trump is expected to boast about his assault on the federal bureaucracy and his efforts to upend global relationships during an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, even as his administration faces lawsuits over his domestic agenda and Europe rebukes him over his treatment of Ukraine.

The demonstrators, holding signs and chanting slogans, denounced the Trump administration’s policies, its handling of foreign relations, and what they described as threats to democracy.