Thousands Interested in Protesting Trump at Mar-A-Lago Resort Saturday

Between 1,000 and 5,500 have indicated their interest in marching in West Palm Beach on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump, who plans to visit Palm Beach that day.

Trump is scheduled to host the American Red Cross's annual fundraising gala at his Mar-A-Lago resort. Starting at 5 p.m. on Saturday, protesters plan to march 2.5 miles along Flagler Drive -- from the Trump Plaza north of Okeechobee Boulevard to the Southern Boulevard bridge connecting West Palm to Palm Beach island.

From the mainland end of the bridge, protesters will have a clear view of the Mar-A-Lago -- and vice versa, they hope. Trump does not own the West Palm condominium building bearing his name.

The protest was first organized by Miami resident Stephen Milo, who leads anti-Trump group Indivisible Miami-Dade and Broward. But he pulled out of the march Thursday because of the "possibility of the march turning into an angry confrontational demonstration vs a joyful show of unity and commitment to fight for human rights, as the march was originally envisioned to be," he wrote in a press release, adding that "Law enforcement officials made no attempt to discourage me from moving forward with the march, nor did they suggest they would limit the ability of participants to exercise their constitutional rights."

More than 5,500 people indicated on the event's Facebook page they were interested in marching, with more than 2,000 indicating they would go.

Milo's cancellation did not deter Lake Worth activist Star Fae, who runs South Florida Activism and lead the reportedly 7,000-strong West Palm Beach Women's March on January 22. Fae made a new Facebook Event page for Saturday's march, which attracted the interest of at least 1,000 people as of Thursday night.

"You will need to dress comfortably for the weather and for the walk; it is 2.4 miles, or roughly 45 minutes on foot," the new march's event page states.

The page also included a dig at Milo by South Florida Activism's Facebook account. "The original event was NOT cancelled due to safety concerns. It was cancelled because an amateur got in over his head," the post states, "We have spoken with the police and they understand our intentions (peaceful march and assembly) and our exact path towards that goal. They have no intentions of preventing us, nor do they believe it to be a 'safety concern'. This is happening. This is our right."