It was hard to ignore the sharp contrasts that were in the news this weekend.
On the one hand you had the celebration and military parade in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States Army.
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Source: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watch-crowd-sings-happy-birthday-trump-us-armys-250th-parade |
That celebration was accompanied by a lot of flag waving, patriotism, pomp and circumstance to honor the Army that mustered together to fight the American Revolution and has defended freedom for the United States and around the world ever since.
On the other hand, we had liberals gathering in cities around the nation to protest against Donald Trump on what they called a "No Kings" day of defiance.
The contrast could not be sharper.
The "No Kings" protestors typically argue that Trump is a "threat to democracy", an "authoritarian" or wants to ignore the Constitution.
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"No Kings" Protest in Akron, OH Source: https://www.beaconjournal.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2025/06/14/no-kings-day-protests-akron-ohio-photos-trump-military-parade/84175558007/ |
In fact, a recent study indicated that the average MSNBC/CNN viewer has heard that Trump is a fascist or dictator seven times per day since he announced his candidacy for the 2024 election.
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Source: https://x.com/amuse/status/1934806362636141014 |
Repetitive messaging like this is very effective at shaping audience beliefs and behaviors in that it is the most basic principle of propaganda.
Let's go beyond the propaganda and put all of this in context with a a few facts.
First and foremost, people in countries ruled by authoritarian dictators or kings would not be able to gather and protest as we saw this weekend. Ask those who live in North Korea or Iran how that would work out.
You might also recall that Hillary Clinton's campaign manufactured and paid for the entire Russian collusion hoax in 2016 that was designed to prevent Trump from being elected in a free and fair election.
It was the Democrats who continued promoting the Russian collusion hoax for almost the entire first Trump term in order to hinder the democratically elected President from pursuing his agenda.
It was the Democrats who manipulated the 2020 Democrat primary process when it appeared that Bernie Sanders had the grassroots support and momentum to win the Democrat nomination and put all of the establishment support behind Joe Biden.
It were Democrats in almost every swing state during the Covid pandemic who ignored state laws and constitutional requirements and allowed liberalized mail in voting without legislative approval.
During Covid we also saw authoritarian school closures, mask and vaccine mandate and business closures that were largely promoted and supported by Democrats.
We saw Joe Biden totally ignore the law in contravention of his Constitutional oath and allow millions of illegal immigrants into the country in violation of federal law.
We also saw Democrats impeach Trump twice, raid his home and indict him four times in an attempt to prevent him from running for President again.
At the same time, Democrats were covering up Joe Biden's mental incapacities and rigging the primary process so that no Democrat could effectively challenge Biden as the party's nominee in 2024.
The Democrats mounted legal challenges in a number of states in an attempt to keep Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. off of the ballots in the Democrat primaries and, later, to prevent him from running as an Independent before RFK ultimately dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump.
The Democrats also attempted to bar Trump from being on the ballot in several states.
When Biden's mental weakness became obvious to all after the debate with Trump, the Democrats anointed Kamala Harris as their candidate without receiving a single vote.
Where were all of these protestors when these authoritarian acts and threats to democracy were taking place?
A lot of the energy underlying the "No Kings" protests last weekend involved complaints about Trump's deportation efforts.
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"No Kings" protest in Grand Rapids, MI Credit: https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/no-kings-rally-in-grand-rapids-draws-thousands-to-protest-trump-administration |
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"No Kings" protest in Salem, OR Credit: https://www.statesmanjournal.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2025/06/14/photos-no-kings-protest-trump-oregon-state-capitol-salem/84191063007/ |
However, again, much of that is clearly driven by media narratives.
The fact is that Donald Trump is merely enforcing the federal law that is in place on the books regarding immigration.
Those protesting may not like it but it is the LAW.
Where were the complaints about the deportations that were undertaken by Bill Clinton and Barack Obama?
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Source: https://x.com/firejack007/status/1932983381463126095 |
What about the "due process" argument in the deportations that these Democrat Presidents undertook?
Where were the federal injunctions from the courts when previous Presidents were deporting illegal immigrants?
The protestors complaints with Trump seem to center on the fact that as President he is following an agenda that is totally consistent with the platform he ran on---closing the border, mass deportations of illegals, tariffs, extension of the Trump tax cuts, DOGE, etc---and won the election with a majority of the electoral and popular vote.
It does not seem that they understand the definition of democracy.
There has been no bait and switch. The policies that Trump is pursuing are what the people of the United States voted for when they elected Donald Trump.
I am also old enough to remember when we saw headlines like this on CNN when Barack Obama was President.
How did President Trump react to all of this vitriol and anger over the weekend?
Yes, the contrasts could not be any sharper.
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