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Donald Trump has responded to planned "No Kings" protests against his leadership, saying "we're not a king at all."

Demonstrations targeting him are planned nationwide on Saturday, the same day as a military parade celebrating the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary in Washington, D.C, which coincides with the president's 79th birthday.

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[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 13 points 21 hours ago

So quit acting like it you orange piece of shit.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 day ago

So he's too stupid to know about the royal "we."

That figures.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 23 hours ago

We three kings of orient are smoking on a rubber cigar

[–] fake_meows@lemm.ee 69 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The royal "we". Interesting.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right? Real life once again proving to be shitty satire

[–] dzsimbo@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

Not in this case. Real life is accidentally so shitty, it makes for passable satire. I mean if the dude would've conciously pulled it off, I'd almost be okay with him.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 3 points 20 hours ago

And we are not amused.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"We are not a king. We are Venom!"

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

Don’t do Venom dirty like that.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 12 points 1 day ago

I think you misspelled "Vermin"

[–] Lemonspeed@lemmy.world 302 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The use of the royal “we” seems to indicate otherwise…

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Funny, I thought it was the godly we as in the father, the son, and the orange doofus.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 85 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

To be honest, it probably actually was a slip of the tongue. He's nowhere near that clever.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago

Right, he's legitimately not intelligent enough to realize he came close to an actual fucking joke.

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He says "we" all the time to refer to himself.

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

The royal "we"

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 11 minutes ago) (1 children)

He’s not using the royal “we”—that’s a common point of confusion. He’s actually using the caesaropapal “we”.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (4 children)

You, Lemonspeed, and I all joined Lemmy the same day.

JUNE 13TH WOO! 🎂

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[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He means him and Steven Miller

[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Don't forget meth gnome and the world's oldest boy

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I gotta ask, who is the Meth Gnome? Cause that's an awesome insult.

[–] Manalith@midwest.social 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Kristi Noem I'd assume, look at SD's meth campaign.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 21 hours ago

SD’s meth campaign

Meth, I'm on it.

Arguing over the technicality of a word vs his actions. Children do this.

[–] AngrySquirrel@lemm.ee 112 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Strange, he was the one to lable himself a king first, followed by the whitehouse...

https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1892295984928993698

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

What was the prompt? Trump as King Disco Elysium style?

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ohhhh, look who’s trying to weasel out of his customary BEHEADING.

TACO lil removed

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Beautifully stated, thank you.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 88 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Trump isn’t a king the same way Augustus wasn’t a king—they became something even more extreme, while dressing themselves up in the shells of the republican institutions they destroyed.

[–] match@pawb.social 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

His reasoning as to not being a king is that he's trying to be a king and it's harder than he expected? Is the sword of damocles too scary for him??

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Completely unrelated, but the band Sleep Token released a song title Damocles in their recent album, and it's great. The whole album and everything they release is great, but I am particularly fond of Damocles.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

C'mon guys...everyone knows he prefers, "God Emperor".

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hm, enormous corpulent worm? Maybe

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Except that worm was Prescient. Trump has so far shown no sentience, let alone prescience.

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not going to lie, I'm really irritated that his birthday falls on the exact date of this anniversary... He can have his birthday dictator worship and claim that's not what it's for and make us look "ungrateful to the army" for protesting it...

[–] Placebonickname@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Might get lucky this year and cancel the military parade due to thinderstorms

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[–] socsa@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

The entire Donald Trump arc is proof that God exists and wants to punish humanity.

[–] dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"Calm down folks, and I mean folks, there are no kings here. Just one, me! The best king with the very most words. Make my bank account Grat again and go fuck yourself! See you in the Golfclub losers. "

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

+1, but one small edit, "...in the Golfclub SUCKERS and losers."

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[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 21 points 1 day ago

No. Fuck you.

[–] bdjukeemgood@lemm.ee 18 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Can’t even read that shit hole with all the pop ups

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