Trump posts AI video depicting King Trump dropping feces on protesters

President Donald Trump posted a 19 second AI generated video on his Truth Social account on Saturday that depicts him as "King Trump" piloting a fighter jet and dropping a brown substance that appeared to be feces over protesters, including social media influencer Harry Sisson, in scenes that appear set in New York's Times Square. The clip, set to Kenny Loggins's "Danger Zone," showed Trump wearing a crown and a pilot's mask as the jet, labeled King Trump, flies over crowds and releases the substance on demonstrators.

The post came as thousands of No Kings demonstrations took place across the United States. Organizers said the coordinated protests drew nearly seven million participants in more than 2,500 cities and towns to voice opposition to what they describe as an accumulation of power by the president and to press concerns about immigration enforcement, education and security policy. Police and local authorities reported the gatherings were largely peaceful, with no widespread arrests or major violence reported.

The video mixes parody and provocative imagery, riffing on popular culture references including the film Top Gun. It focuses on one named influencer, Harry Sisson,...