President Donald Trump struck a dismissive and threatening tone over No Kings protests that took place on Saturday, suggesting that he may use federal resources to investigate the demonstrations.
Over 7 million people took part in No Kings protests across the country, exceeding the previous No Kings protests in June by 2 million more participants. Some analyses suggest this weekend’s protests, which took place at over 2,600 locations in the U.S., were among the largest single-day demonstrations in the nation’s history .
Trump condemned the protests in comments to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday.
“I’m not a king. I work my ass off to make our country great. That’s all it is. I’m not a king at all,” Trump said , adding that he thought the protests were “a joke.”
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