--- title: Donald Trump: Witches Protest at Trump Tower description: A group of witches performed a spell at Trump Tower designed to prevent the president from doing harm as part of a worldwide protest canonical: https://time.com/4683033/protesters-cast-spell-trump-tower/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-27T15:20:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:31:32.313Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch a Group of Witches Cast a Protest Spell at Trump Tower og:description: A "binding" spell is designed to prevent harm og:url: https://time.com/4683033/protesters-cast-spell-trump-tower/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21f776678f1376b8/6988bc257cdbac19bbd57490/donald-trump13.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-TRUMP-GOVERNORS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Group of Witches Cast a Protest Spell at Trump Tower twitter:description: A "binding" spell is designed to prevent harm twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21f776678f1376b8/6988bc257cdbac19bbd57490/donald-trump13.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Witches Cast a Spell at Trump Tower > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Feb 27, 2017 3:20 PM UTC  US President Donald Trump arrives to speak to members of the National Governors Association and his administration before a meeting in the State Dining Room of the White House on February 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) US President Donald Trump arrives to speak to members of the National Governors Association and his administration before a meeting in the State Dining Room of the White House on February 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Feb 27, 2017 3:20 PM UTC In one of the more colorful protests at [Trump Tower](http://time.com/4564242/lady-gaga-protest-trump/) since President Trump took office, a group of witches met to perform a spell designed to prevent him from doing harm. At the stroke of midnight Friday, a small group of people— some of whom didn’t identify as witches— [burned unflattering photos](https://www.bustle.com/p/a-magician-explains-how-casting-a-spell-on-trump-works-40473) of the president and orange candles. The protest was part of [a larger effort organized online](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39090334) to cast “binding” spells on Trump on every waning crescent moon. 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