Massive "No Kings" protests short-circuit MAGA's mockery

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Massive “No Kings” protests short-circuit MAGA’s mockery
MAGA reacts to “No Kings” by immediately proving protesters right

By Sophia Tesfaye
Senior Writer
Published October 20, 2025 9:05AM (EDT)


(Salon) With over 2,700 individual demonstrations confirmed and an estimated 7.1 million participants, Saturday’s “No Kings” protests look to be the largest day of protest in United States history. While the White House’s initial response to the massive display of discontent was mockery, President Donald Trump’s increasingly threatening stance suggests Republicans plan to seize the moment to clamp down on civil liberties.

“I think it’s a joke,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One late Sunday. “I looked at the people. They are not representative of this country.”

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Ahead of the No Kings demonstrations, which last swept the country in June, the U.S. assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division warned that the protests were “attempts to gaslight the public and destabilize our government.” In a Sunday appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., a staunch Trump ally and self-described constitutional conservative, defended his earlier labeling of the protests as a “hate-America rally,” adding: “It’s not about the people. It’s about the message. It’s about the ideology.” He warned: “They want to dismantle capitalism. They want to erase our founding principles.”

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Trump shared an AI-generated video of himself flying a jet with the words “King Trump” written on its side. While wearing a golden crown, he dumps excrement over the crowds of protestors marching below, all to the sound of Kenny Loggins’ iconic “Danger Zone” from the “Top Gun” soundtrack. The video, created by a meme account whose profile image features a Pepe the Frog-Trump hybrid, specifically targeted Democratic Party content creator Harry Sisson.

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“I’ll ask him for you Harry,” Vance replied. The vice president also reposted a now-viral image of Democratic leaders kneeling before a crowned Trump with the caption: “You hate him because he can’t be controlled.”

In that sense, the right’s response to No Kings wasn’t just politically telling. It was conceptually damning. If a protest warns that someone is behaving like a king, and the accused responds by laughing, wearing a crown and declaring “You’re just mad I’m winning” — you have your answer. .................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/10/20/massive-no-kings-protests-short-circuit-magas-mockery/

[obamanut2012]

1. "Not representative of this country"

Sacramento had about 7-8k, and the huge majority were white, many older, many obviously middle-class. So, if white, middle-class, middle-aged people aren't representative of this country to him, then who are?

[sheshe2]

4. And the children and veterans, not representative of this country?!

F**K Him.

[EarlG]

2. "They want to erase our founding principles..."

...says the guy who put out a video of himself wearing a crown and flying a plane with "King Trump" written on it, about American citizens who disapprove of monarchy.

[Raven123]

3. If protesters weren't representative, why redistrict?

[dickthegrouch]

5. I wish reporters would learn to distinguish opinion from fact

"Not representative" is TFP's opinion.

Probably based on biased photos fed to him by racist, frightened, old pervs just like him.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. MaddowBlog-Trump's over-the-top reaction to the 'No Kings' events was proof of their success

The “No Kings” events were intended to send a powerful message to an increasingly authoritarian figure, who appeared rattled by the national dispatch.

If the “No Kings” protests weren’t such a triumph, Trump’s over-the-top reaction to the events would’ve been far less ridiculous. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-10-20T12:05:29.611Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-top-reaction-no-kings-events-was-proof-success-rcna238603

A few days before millions of his detractors held “No Kings” events in communities across the country, Donald Trump told reporters, “I hear very few people are going to be there, by the way.” From whom did the president “hear” this? He didn’t say....

We did, in fact, see. NBC News reported:

Crowds gathered Saturday in cities across the United States — and overseas — for No Kings rallies in protest of President Donald Trump’s administration and to call for the defense of First Amendment rights. Protesters from Los Angeles to New York — including in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas — flooded into streets chanting, marching and waving homemade signs, including some that proclaimed ‘We want all of the government to work’ and ‘Make America Good Again.’

According to organizers, roughly 7 million people participated in No Kings demonstrations, of which there were more than 2,700. It was, by any fair measure, one of the largest and most successful one-day domestic protests in modern American history......

What quickly became apparent, however, was that the president cared quite a bit. NBC News also reported:

President Donald Trump on Saturday posted an AI-generated video depicting him in a fighter jet dropping what appears to be feces on U.S. protesters. ... The video shows Trump dropping the apparent fecal matter on someone who looks like left-wing influencer Harry Sisson and other protesters gathered in an area that seems to be Times Square in New York City.

The AI-generated video was, of course, disgusting and a timely reminder of the incumbent president’s juvenile and classless tastes, but it was part of a series of online postings, including another video featuring Trump in a crown.....

The New York Times’ Jamelle Bouie noted in his latest column, “Nationwide protests with millions of people are a direct rebuke to the president’s narrative. They send a signal to the most disconnected parts of the American public that the president is far from as popular as he says he is, and they send a clear warning to those institutions under pressure from the administration: Bend the knee and lose our business and support.”

By all appearances, none of this was lost on Trump, whose over-the-top reaction to the “No Kings” events offered evidence of their success: They were intended to send a powerful message to an increasingly authoritarian figure, who appeared rattled by the national dispatch.

It is clear that trump is very pissed by these protests and really believes that he is a king. trump's reactions are both disgusting and amusing