Stop the King
Marching against monarchy in the land of liberty.
Tomorrow, more than 1,800 “No Kings” demonstrations will take place across the country to protest Donald Trump’s authoritarian overreach. In under six months, the Trump Administration has created a full-blown constitutional crisis—flouting the limits of presidential power, ignoring court rulings, and testing the very structure of our democracy. Each day brings a new escalation, as Trump grows bolder in his delusions of royalty. Tomorrow, those delusions will take center stage in a taxpayer-funded birthday military parade, choreographed not for national pride—but for the malignant ego of one man.
From Presidency to Kingship
How did the transition from democracy to authoritarianism happen so fast?
The truth is—it didn’t. This has been decades in the making.
As I’ve documented extensively here on Mad Mother, the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 laid the groundwork for this moment. Its goal? To dismantle democratic institutions and consolidate power in the executive branch. Voters ignored the warnings. The media treated the plan like just another policy document.
But it was a blueprint for a coup. And it worked.
Over the past 40 years, the Heritage Foundation and its allies quietly built a powerful coalition of Christian Nationalists, right-wing media outlets, and ultra-wealthy donors—lured by promises of deregulation, tax cuts, and unchecked influence. Today, Project 2025 architects control not only Congress, but the Supreme Court and the executive branch. They have the mandate—and now, they have their king.
The King’s Men
And King Donald finally has his army. Not a national military bound by constitutional limits—but a personal, performative militia of sycophants, marching to his whim. Never mind that he’s a convicted felon and admitted sexual assailant. In a monarchy, character doesn’t matter—only loyalty.
During his first term, Trump was blocked from hosting a vanity military parade. Not anymore. Surrounded by loyalists who indulge his fantasies, Trump now has his stage.
His Secretary of Defense? Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality with no real qualifications—just like more than 40 others in this “made-for-TV” administration. Over 20 are billionaires. The rest are ideologues and actors from Season One of Trump’s authoritarian experiment.
Their public ignorance during Congressional hearings and their smug defiance in press appearances reveal the strategy: say nothing, do nothing—except strut around like fascist cosplay soldiers and funnel tax dollars into the machinery of a dictatorship.
The real power lies with Russell Vought, the Project 2025 architect who now commands the Office of Management and Budget—and, by all appearances, the administration itself. Trump’s narcissism is tolerated because it serves a larger, darker purpose.
A Warning from 1796
In his farewell address, George Washington warned us about this moment. He wrote that if we allowed the government’s integrity to erode, then “cunning, ambitious and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.”
Washington might as well have named Donald Trump directly.
We are living through the rule of a mad king—not in fiction, but in real time. A man who governs by ego, surrounds himself with flattery, and uses public institutions for personal power.
Call to Action: March Like Democracy Depends on It
Our founders once stood against the tyranny of King George III. Tomorrow, we must summon that same courage. I’ll be marching—and I hope you will too.
👉 Click here to find a “No Kings” rally near you.