After Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video of himself after prot:ests against his administration’s policies took place across the United States, protesters are furious.
The president posted what seemed to be his reaction to the recent No Kings marches on his social media platform, Truth Social, early on Sunday, October 19.
According to the BBC, the demonstrations were staged in opposition to Trump’s alleged “authoritarian power grab” and included demonstrators holding posters that said, “Democracy not Monarchy” and “The Constitution is not optional.”
New York, Miami, and Los Angeles were among the 2500 cities in all 50 states where the No Kings protests were held.
The trailer showed the Republican piloting the fake “King Trump” jet, set to the 1986 classic song “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins, from the 1986 movie Top Gun.
The billionaire ‘flew’ above New York City while wearing a crown, dropping what looked like buckets of feces on what appeared to be protesters.
Trump’s jaw-dropping video was first shared via a popular X (formerly Twitter) account and has made its way to Reddit, where users have been having their say.
“Imagine just one second that any other president ever did something like this…,” said one Redditor.
A second added: “Can’t believe that’s a president of a country,” while someone else typed: “Republicans – y’all must be so proud.”
A fourth commented: “Every time he does anything, I truly question whether this is real life. He’s supposed to not only be a president but he’s a f***ing grown man.”
‘Hail to the King’ by Avenged Sevenfold is playing as Trump places a crown on his head in one of the additional videos he posted, Variety reports.
Republicans in Congress and House Speaker Mike Johnson have called the No King demonstrations “Hate America” rallies, with Johnson accusing House Democrats of “selling T-shirts for the event.”
“It’s being told to us that they won’t be able to reopen the government until after that rally because they can’t face their rabid base,” Johnson alleged, referring to the ongoing government shutdown.
The ‘No King’ coalition has said in an unsigned statement that Johnson is ‘running out of excuses for keeping the government shut down’, as per Politico.
“Instead of reopening the government, preserving affordable healthcare, or lowering costs for working families, he’s attacking millions of Americans who are peacefully coming together to say that America belongs to its people, not to kings,” it adds.
Trump seemed to speak at the US rallies, which have also been held in Miami, Los Angeles, and other big cities, in an interview with Fox News.
“A king! This is not an act,” Trump said in a preview clip of the interview. “You know – they’re referring to me as a king. I’m not a king.”
