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Nationwide 'No Kings' Protests Challenge Trump's Leadership

10/23/2025

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U.S. President Donald Trump faced backlash after Donald J. Trump Jr. suggested that if his father were a king, he would not have left office.
No Kings protests across the United States drew between 4.5 million and 7 million participants, with Rosie O'Donnell expressing pride in the demonstrators.
Trump dismissed the protests, saying he does not consider himself a king, while Jamie Lee Curtis and Glenn Close supported the movement.

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Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump faced backlash after Donald J. Trump Jr. suggested that if his father were a king, he would not have left office.
No Kings protests across the United States drew between 4.5 million and 7 million participants, with Rosie O'Donnell expressing pride in the demonstrators.
Trump dismissed the protests, saying he does not consider himself a king, while Jamie Lee Curtis and Glenn Close supported the movement.