'King Trump' dumps on 'No Kings' protesters from jet in aggressive response AI video

US President Donald Trump reacted to Saturday’s nationwide anti-Trump “No Kings” rallies in his trademark aggressive manner, sharing an AI-generated video on Truth Social that portrays him as a king.

In the video, Trump is seen wearing a crown and piloting a fighter jet, dropping filth on protesters, splattering their clothes, and causing chaos in the crowd.

Huge crowds took to the streets in all 50 US states at "No Kings" protests on Saturday, venting anger over President Trump's hardline policies, while Republicans ridiculed them as "Hate America" rallies.

Organisers said seven million people marched in protests spanning New York to Los Angeles, with demonstrations popping up in small cities across the US heartland and even near Trump's home in Florida.

His surrogates were in fighting form, too, with House Speaker Mike Johnson deriding the rallies as being "Hate America" protests.

"You're going to bring together the Marxists, the Socialists, the Antifa advocates, the anarchists and the pro-Hamas wing of the far-left Democrat Party," he told reporters.

Protesters treated that claim with ridicule.

"Look around! If this is hate, then someone should go back to grade school," said Paolo, 63, as the crowd chanted and sang around him in Washington. Others underlined the deep polarization tearing apart American politics.

"Here's the thing about what right-wingers say: I don't give a crap. They hate us," said Tony, a 34-year-old software engineer.

Demonstrators filled Times Square in New York City, where police said they made "zero protest-related arrests" even as more than 100,000 people rallied peacefully across all five boroughs.

Events in Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Denver, Chicago, and Seattle also drew crowds that each appeared to encompass thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people.

On the West Coast, more than a dozen rallies occurred around the Los Angeles area, including the primary site downtown. In Seattle, demonstrators filled a parade route that stretched for more than a mile from downtown through the Seattle Centre plaza around the city's landmark Space Needle. More than 25,000 protested peacefully in San Diego, police said.

The protests reflected growing unease among many Americans, mainly on the ideological left, with developments such as the criminal prosecution of Trump's perceived political enemies, his militarised immigration crackdown, and the sending of National Guard troops into US cities — a move Trump has said was aimed at fighting crime and protecting immigration agents.

Trump has said little about Saturday’s protests. But in an interview with Fox Business aired on Friday, he said that “they’re referring to me as a king - I’m not a king.”

Saturday's protests were aimed at building on the momentum gained from more than 2,000 "No Kings" protests that were staged on June 14, coinciding with Trump's 79th birthday and a rare military parade in Washington.

It was not possible to independently verify the organisers' attendance figures. In New York, authorities said more than 100,000 gathered at one of the largest protests, while in Washington, crowds were estimated at between 8,000 and 10,000 people.

Agencies