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Millions of Americans took to the streets on October 18 in what organizers billed as the nationwide “No Kings” protests, a massive show of discontent against what they portray as an authoritarian drift in Washington. Organizers and independent trackers put turnout in the millions across thousands of locations, turning out ordinary citizens, activists, and noisy fringe elements alike.
President Trump responded the way a fighter responds to a challenge — bluntly and without apology, calling many of the demonstrators “lowlifes” and predicting the movement would fizzle. He told media the protesters were misrepresentative of the country and that his critics were trying to gin up a narrative of tyranny that doesn’t match the everyday lives of hardworking Americans.
When organizers mobilized again this month, the president doubled down with satire — sharing an AI-generated clip of himself as “King Trump” piloting a jet and dumping a brown sludge on the crowd. Conservatives should be honest: it was crude, but it was also a cultural zinger meant to expose how performative and theatrical these rallies have become when their leaders delight in chaos and rage.
Not surprisingly, the left cried foul and the media proclaimed it a constitutional crisis, while friends in Congress defended the post as satire meant to make a point about the movement’s outrageous rhetoric. Speaker Mike Johnson and other allies said the president was using provocation to puncture the self-righteousness of those who cheer for street disruption while denouncing law and order.
Let’s be clear for honest Americans: the real story isn’t a single meme or a tasteless joke — it’s a nationwide effort by radical groups to brand dissent as virtue and to bully any who disagree. GOP leaders rightly warned that many marchers were tied to Antifa-style agitators and even extremist factions that don’t share our values of lawfulness, work, and patriotism.
The predictable chorus of outrage included celebrities and music industry figures who demanded the president remove a song he never licensed for the clip, as if their moral scorecards grant them veto power over political debate. Kenny Loggins publicly objected to the unauthorized use of “Danger Zone,” and the spectacle turned into yet another opportunity for elite moralizing rather than a sober debate about the issues that drove people into the streets.
Patriots should not be cowed by theatrical outrage or the media’s hysterics; America was built on the right to speak plainly and to push back against those who would delegitimize our leaders with chants and chaos. If the “No Kings” crowd wants to win hearts and minds, they should show up with ideas instead of theatrics — until then, the rest of us will defend our nation, our institutions, and the dignity of the majority who just want to work, raise families, and keep our country safe.
