Overview

• President Trump posted on Truth Social an AI-generated clip that portrays him as a crowned pilot of a plane labeled “Rey/King Trump.”
• The video shows excrement being dropped on demonstrators and uses Kenny Loggins’ “Danger Zone” as its soundtrack.
• The clip was originally published by the X account @xerias_x before being reshared by the president.
• The post followed large “No Kings” demonstrations that organizers say drew hundreds of thousands in New York, Chicago, Houston, Seattle, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
• Trump’s aides described the post as political satire, while analysts cast it as an escalation in the confrontation with protest movements.