Trump's hilarious response on 'No Kings' protests planned on his birthday, says 'I have to go through hell...'
On Thursday, President Trump said he doesn't feel like royalty when asked for his response on the 'No Kings' rallies planned across the country in protest of his administrative policies. 'I don't feel like a king. I have to go through hell to get stuff approved,' Trump said.
'The king would have never had the California mandate. He wouldn't have to call up Mike Johnson and say, 'fellas, you have got to pull this off,'' Trump said, referring to House Speaker Mike Johnson. 'And after years, we get it done. No, no, we're not a king.'
The President was said this in response to a reporter's question in the White House right after he signed three resolutions overturning California's mandate to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles and speed up the adoption of electric vehicles by 2035.
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Military parade coincides with Trump's birthday
Demonstrations targeting President Trump are planned nationwide on Saturday, the same day as a military parade celebrating the US Army's 250th anniversary in Washington, D.C, which coincides with the president's 79th birthday.
The military day parade- which the Army has said could cost up to $45 million (£33 million) - will include over 7,000 uniformed soldiers, dozens of tanks and military vehicles, plus marching bands and a fireworks show.
Meanwhile, 'No Kings' protests against the Trump administration are planned in more than 1,500 cities across the US. Organisers are billing the demonstrations as a "nationwide day of defiance" in response to "corruption" in the government.
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The parade along the National Mall is set to feature thousands of police officers and security measures including metal detectors, anti-scale fencing, concrete barriers and drones overhead surveilling the crowd.
It also comes as Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom are locked in a standoff over the use of the National Guard and the U.S. military to help quell protests that have sprung up in Los Angeles against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps carried out at the president's direction.
There will be no planned "No Kings" protests for Washington D.C. Organizers said they intentionally avoided having a protest in the capital to avoid being cast as 'anti-veteran.'
The largest protest is instead scheduled for noon ET in Philadelphia, where the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
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