I asked that question after the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. on January 21, 2017, the day after Donald Trump’s first inauguration as president.

I asked it again on June 17, 2025 after the first “No Kings” demonstration.

I posed in once more after the second “No Kings” protest on October 18, 2025.

And now I am asking it again after the third “No Kings” outcry on March 28, 2026.

Sadly, the answer in each case: Nothing.

I have argued about the ineffectiveness of the demonstrations with several “No Kings” supporters but none can point to anything — anything — that has changed.

Not one Trump policy has been altered. Trump has not begun to tell the truth — not even once. He has not tempered his ugly rhetoric. He has not even taken off his crown to rest his head.

And there is a good reason for the impotence of the protests. The two main ones:  No clearly defined objective, and no potent meaningful followed up.

On the first point, I also asked “No Kings” defenders, what was their objective(s)?  The answers varied all over the place: stop the Iran war; protect the environment; close up ICE; make abortion legal; fire Steve Miller; bring down gas prices........

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