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President Donald Trump has insisted he’s not a king, as thousands of “No Kings” protests are set to take place across the country on Saturday in a mass demonstration against his administration.
The president told Fox Business, “They're referring to me as a king. I'm not a king,” in an interview clip released Friday.
Republicans have called the protests “Hate America” rallies.
Meanwhile, late late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel — a Trump critic whose show was briefly suspended in September over comments he made about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination — likened the protests to the American Revolution.
“There is nothing more American than a political protest,” Kimmel said on his show Thursday night. “The American Revolution was a ‘No Kings’ rally.”
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