On Saturday, the “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump’s authoritarian actions took place in more than 2,600 locations across the United States. An estimated 7 million people participated, dwarfing even the size of the first event in June, making it the largest single-day of protests in American history.
But instead of addressing their concerns, Trump mocked them.
On Sunday, he shared an AI-generated video “inspired” by “Top Gun,” the iconic 1986 movie starring Tom Cruise. (It even used “Danger Zone,” Kenny Loggins’ song from the film, which the singer demanded be “scrubbed.”) The fake video depicts “King Trump,” complete with a crown, piloting a plane and unleashing what appears to be human waste on No Kings marchers.
Since the president couldn’t stop the marches, he chose