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Forbes Daily Briefing

Billionaire Walmart Heiress Promotes Nationwide Anti-Trump Protests

Forbes Daily Briefing

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Careers, Business, News, Entrepreneurship

4.612 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

The 76-year-old Christy Walton has aligned herself with “No Kings,” an organization planning mass protests across the country this Saturday.

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0:00.0

Here's your Forbes Daily Briefing for Friday, June 13th.

0:05.1

Today on Forbes, billionaire Walmart Aris promotes nationwide anti-Trump protests.

0:12.8

Walmart Aris, Christy Walton, one of the richest women in America, has joined a small group of

0:18.1

billionaires speaking out against President Donald Trump.

0:21.6

The 76-year-old Walton, who is worth an estimated $19.3 billion, according to Forbes,

0:28.3

paid to take out a full-page advertisement in the New York Times last Sunday,

0:32.8

calling on readers to, quote, mobilize on Saturday, June 14th.

0:39.8

The advertisement appears to be an escalation of one she paid for in March, also in the Times print edition. At the top of the ad are the words,

0:46.0

quote, no kings, which appear to reference a political organization that's coordinating hundreds

0:51.7

of anti-Trump protests across the U.S. Saturday, June 14th.

0:55.9

The same day, Trump is slated to host a military parade in Washington, D.C.

1:00.4

Organizers of the counter-protests told Axios,

1:03.6

they are expecting this to be the largest single-day rally since the start of the administration.

1:09.1

No King's spokesperson, Andrew Cook, told Forbes there will be

1:12.7

more than 1,800 events across the country. The group is not planning a protest in D.C. as part of

1:18.0

their plan to, quote, make action everywhere else. The No King's website says, quote, in America,

1:25.0

we don't do kings. They've defied our courts, deported Americans,

1:29.4

disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil rights, and slashed our services.

1:35.0

The advertisement also lists eight different principles Walton supports, from caring for, quote,

1:40.7

veterans and children, to defending, quote, against the aggression of dictators.

1:45.9

The ad also says, quote, we are the people of the United States of America.

1:50.2

The honor, dignity, and integrity of our country are not for sale.

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