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Donald Trump has responded to planned "No Kings" protests against his leadership, saying "we're not a king at all."

Demonstrations targeting him are planned nationwide on Saturday, the same day as a military parade celebrating the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary in Washington, D.C, which coincides with the president's 79th birthday.

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[–] Lemonspeed@lemmy.world 295 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The use of the royal “we” seems to indicate otherwise…

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 83 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

To be honest, it probably actually was a slip of the tongue. He's nowhere near that clever.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago

Right, he's legitimately not intelligent enough to realize he came close to an actual fucking joke.

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He says "we" all the time to refer to himself.

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The royal "we"

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

He’s not using the royal “we”—that’s a common point of confusion. He’s actually using the caesaropapal “we”.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You, Lemonspeed, and I all joined Lemmy the same day.

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was curious so I checked and apparently I beat you by one day. I wonder what the date distribution looks like around that time for people joining.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy

The resulting outcry from the Reddit community ultimately led to a planned protest, from June 12 to 14 in which moderators for the site would make their communities private or would restrict posting.

You must've been smarter than us.

[–] exixx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

A pretty high peak I’m guessing. My two years is in 3 days.

JUNE 13TH WOO! 🎂

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Funny, I thought it was the godly we as in the father, the son, and the orange doofus.