On Saturday, thousands of protesters filled city streets across the country, carrying cardboard crowns and giant “No Kings” banners. From New York to Los Angeles, people marched to reject what they called Donald Trump’s “royal presidency.”
And then, right in the middle of it all, the President’s team decided to have some fun. The Trump War Room account posted two memes showing Trump as a crowned ruler. One showed him wearing a gold crown against a red background. The other turned him into a rising sun with a field of flowers below, each flower showing the face of someone screaming. It was pure internet chaos.
That second image came straight out of a viral 2017 video where a protester screamed, “This is not America!” during Trump’s first inauguration.
Not long after, Vice President J.D. Vance made his move. Hours after the protests, he shared a black and white video on Bluesky showing Trump wearing a full royal outfit, complete with a massive crown and sword. Trump stands tall as people kneel and bow before him. It looks like a scene from an old medieval movie, only this time it is politics.
The video Vance shared is right below.
JD Vance posted this:
— Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) October 18, 2025
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It didn’t take long before people slammed it. Many said the video was disgusting and showed a slave mentality.
Seems like the opposite thing you’d want to do, almost like they’re intentionally putting gasoline on the protests.
— Mr. Atlas (@CandleAtlas) October 18, 2025
AI is all they’ve got. TeamTrump are weak-minded. They are childish. They are unserious.
It’s a pathetic attempt to downplay the effect & visual of the #NoKingsProtest across the country. One day they’ll recognize just how wrong they were to underestimate us.
— ForeverBlessed (@4evaBlessed23) October 18, 2025
— Paul Dunfee (@lvhothead2483) October 18, 2025
61% pic.twitter.com/IKXLwLFdH2
— BagelC47 (@BagelC47) October 18, 2025
I guess when you can’t govern, you troll?
— Timothy Bellman (@Timothy_Bellman) October 18, 2025
Idiocracy
— Vik Sharɱa 🇺🇸 (@vikrantnyc) October 18, 2025
This is the most unAmerican thing I can imagine. Disgusting and disqualifying.
— Cassandra screaming into the void (@JellyKind) October 18, 2025
That’s not a crown @JDVance , it’s a nonce’s hat.
— Mark Sharp (@InkyDG) October 18, 2025
Slave mentality!
— Sanjay Kalra, Digital Transformation Sherpa™️ (@sanjaykalra) October 18, 2025
Weakness with a dash of wickedness! Disgusting gaslighting from a VP who has no integrity whatsoever!
— SeaGlass Suzy🍡 (@HallesyOne) October 18, 2025
This will come back to haunt JD!
— Anni ☮❤️ 😻🌻🕊️ (@cgrxr7) October 18, 2025
Always in the wrong lane.
— General Han Xin is Asleep. 🛌 (@General_Oluchi) October 18, 2025
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