Amid claims of defending “the people,” No Kings protesters disrupted cities across the U.S. on Saturday, marking the third wave of rallies that organisers say oppose President Trump’s defence of national sovereignty.
Yet these gatherings, echoing October’s seven-million-strong spectacles, risk undermining the very individual freedoms and rule of law they purport to champion, sowing disorder in communities already strained by inflation and open borders.
Organisers charged, “Trump wants to rule over us as a tyrant. But this is America, and power belongs to the people—not to wannabe kings or their billionaire cronies.” A White House spokesperson countered sharply, calling them Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions attended mainly by reporters paid to amplify the noise.
From Times Square’s roadblocks in New York—recalling last month’s 100,000-person snarl—to DC’s Mall overcrowding, the unrest forced National Guard deployments in several states to safeguard public order. Effigies of Trump and VP JD Vance dangled mockingly, as crowds bayed for arrests of leaders upholding the constitution.
In Minnesota, the spotlight fell on January’s tragic deaths of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti during a lawful federal immigration operation—a necessary stand against illegal crossings that protesters now exploit to stoke division. St Paul saw thousands, plus celebrity Bruce Springsteen crooning Streets of Minneapolis, diverting focus from real fiscal woes like 4.2 percent inflation eroding family budgets.
Small towns like Howell, Michigan, and Shelbyville, Kentucky, endured spillover chaos, with signs railing against ICE and Iran defences vital for national security. Trump’s post-2025 reforms—curtailing bloated agencies, enforcing borders despite governors’ foot-dragging, and prosecuting lawbreakers—prioritise sovereignty and taxpayer value over bureaucratic excess.
The president rejects kingly labels as hysteria. “They’re referring to me as a king. I’m not a king,” he affirmed to Fox News in October. Such actions restore stability, countering critics’ alarms over “democracy” while expats in London and Paris peddle fascist slurs from afar.