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DAVID MARCUS: At crafty No Kings rallies, the participants are the puppets

Robert De Niro and Ilhan Omar headlined rallies, but central claim that Trump rules like a king is divorced from reality

By David Marcus Fox News

Published March 29, 2026 11:50am EDT

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Millions of 'No Kings' protesters rally nationwide

Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert joins Fox & Friends Weekend to discuss the nationwide 'No Kings' protests. He characterizes the anti-Trump demonstrations as 'bad group therapy,' driven by grievance culture and an unhealthy fixation on politics.

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I'll let you in on a little secret: In the performing arts, the most annoying people are puppeteers. This is because they make you look at their absurd creation of papier-mâché and then make you pretend it's the most important thing you have ever seen.

This is precisely what the "No Kings" protesters who take to American streets every few months represent. Even the ones holding insulting and crude signs instead of puppets demand to be taken seriously when they are anything but.

The very name of these protests is a farcical facade, a false mask of faux outrage, because President Donald Trump is not a king. It is an argument absurd on its face, because, trust me, if Trump were king, the GOP Senate would have broken the filibuster and passed the Save America Act by now.

A "No Kings" event in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, on Saturday, March 28. (Fox News Digital)

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