President Trump rejected the idea that he was acting like a monarch in an interview that took place on the same day as massive “No Kings” protests swept the country.
“They’re calling me a king. I’m not a king,” Trump said. said in an interview Recorded by Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Saturday, before the demonstrations.
In the following days, millions of Americans opposed the president And its administration. About 2,600 demonstrations took place in all 50 states, with gatherings in small towns and major cities, including New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
many democratic legislatorThat includes Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. joined the workersWhile Republican massively supported trump And criticized the demonstrations.
It was marked second set No Kings protests have continued since Trump took power. In June, widespread demonstrations coincided with the U.S. Army’s 250th Anniversary Parade in the nation’s capital, which coincided with the president’s 79th birthday.
Late Saturday night, Trump Shared an AI-generated video On his Truth Social platform. in the videoThe president, wearing a crown, flies a fighter jet over protesters in New York City — with “King Trump” written on it — and sprays brown liquid on them, as Kenny Loggins’ “Danger Zone” plays.
The protests came amid the ongoing government shutdown, which began on October 1 The survey was released on Thursday The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 75 percent of respondents Trump is either heavily or moderately blamed for the shutdown.
Nearly three-quarters of respondents also said Republicans and Democrats in Congress are very or moderately at fault.
“We Democrats are cutting programs that we didn’t want, because they made a mistake,” Trump told Fox News. “What they didn’t realize was that this gives me the authority to cut programs that Republicans never wanted, giveaways, welfare programs, et cetera.”
Also during the interview, the President also addressed the deployment of National Guard troops to cities across the country. Since Trump returned to office, his administration has sent military personnel to the nation’s capital, Los Angeles and Memphis, while it faces legal failures In its deployed to chicago and Portland, Ore.
Now, Trump has his sights set on San Francisco.
The President claimed, “I think they want us in San Francisco.” “San Francisco was really one of the great cities in the world. And then, 15 years ago, it went wrong.”
