When history is written — if in the future honest history is written — Donald Trump will go down as having done many negative things to American politics. But, above all, he’ll go down as a president who shattered norms, relentlessly worked to polarize and who contributed to the vulgarization of American politics.
The latest episode in Trump’s lastest race to the political gutter came in the form of an AI video that shows him dumping fecal matter on No Kings demonstrators. The organizers estimate 7 million people participated. Trump soon responded with his video which also showed him specifically dumping crap on 23-year-old political influencer Harry Sission who has 337.9k followers on X.
Attention Harry: you are now likely to get many more followers on Twitter and on TikTok, be invited on more cable shows and will have a lucrative income from public speaking.
The video was shocking even coming from norm-shattering Trump. Whoever thought an american President would a)be so publicly vulgar, b)do a video reflecting his desire to dump fecal matter on 7 million people who oppose him c)do a video which underscored again how he is President of the base, for the base and of the base. Trump seemingly seeks to be president of Red America and punish Blue America, which he perceives as The Enemy. The latest news is that he’s considering cutting off all federal funding to California.
How did the media cover it?
President Trump has posted a fake video on social media that showed him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters.
The short video, shared on Mr. Trump’s Truth Social account late Saturday, was posted on the same day that protesters participated in a daylong mass demonstration, known as “No Kings,” against the Trump administration. The protests were held in cities and towns in all 50 states, with participants holding signs such as “I Pledge Allegiance to No King” and chanting slogans against the president, accusing him of acting in authoritarian ways.
The fake video, set to the song “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins, shows the plane dropping a brown liquid resembling feces onto the heads of protesters, who appeared to be gathered in a city.
The White House on Saturday also posted on social media an A.I.-generated image of Mr. Trump and Vice President JD Vance wearing crowns. “Have a good night, everyone,” the post said, with the crown emoji.
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Donald Trump has posted an AI-generated video of himself dumping shit on Americans marching in protest at his policies.
The bizarre clip shows the US president flying a fighter jet and wearing a crown as he targets those taking part in Saturday’s “No Kings” marches.
Trump posted the video on his Truth Social page late on Saturday night US time.
The 19-second clip starts with the jet, bearing the logo “King Trump” taking off from an airfield
Trump is then seen in the cockpit with a crown on his head and wearing military fatigues.
The video then pans out to show him dumping his brown payload, which proceeds to land on the heads of the marchers in the streets below.
It came after around 100,000 anti-Trump protesters marched in Washington DC to oppose the moves he has openly taken toward authoritarianism since his return to the White House in January.
They carried signs and wore clothing with messages ranging from the direct – “NO KINGS, NO NAZIS, NO TRUMP” – to the subtle – a cap with the words “Gulf of Mexico,” referring to his decree that it now be called the Gulf of America.
President Donald Trump acknowledged the “No Kings” protests organized against him on Saturday by sharing a thoroughly bizarre AI-generated video of himself.
In the video, posted to Truth Social on Saturday evening, Trump—wearing a crown—can be seen flying a plane that has “KING TRUMP” emblazoned on the side.
As Kenny Loggins’ 1986 hit “Danger Zone” from Top Gun plays, “King” Trump flies over New York City and unloads several tons of mysterious brown sludge on protesters.
The first person struck by the sludge is 23-year-old liberal influencer Harry Sisson, who has become the target of MAGA ire for his criticisms of the president.
Many of Trump’s supporters have spent several days calling for Sisson—who was born in Singapore but is an American citizen—to be deported.
Reaction on social media was far more blunt (WARNING: ADULT LANGUAGE FOLLOWS):
He's definitely not mad that 7 million Americans came out to protest him yesterday….https://t.co/tmLK8ajfkA pic.twitter.com/vSsJH6CGBa
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 19, 2025
Thanks to Trump for posting a video that proves the point of the protest https://t.co/jvUTD10CoY
— Joni Askola (@joni_askola) October 19, 2025
I wonder what the Nobel peace prize committee will make of this…… https://t.co/tsbxSx397M
— Nick Bryant (@NickBryantNY) October 19, 2025
I for one do think it's possible for America to find a president better than one who, faced with claims he is dumping shit on Americans, posts a video showing himself dumping shit on Americans. https://t.co/ClCD1oZUY5
— George Conway ????? (@gtconway3d) October 19, 2025
As a once proud American, I am embarrassed the any US citizen would post such a video, let alone the president of our country. https://t.co/D3yMfPYesj
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) October 19, 2025
The president of the United States of America is posting memes of himself flying a fighter jet as a King, dropping crap on Harry Sisson and other No Kings Day protesters.
Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of Americans are not being paid because of a government shutdown and he is… pic.twitter.com/PBwyhf4eN9
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) October 19, 2025
But seriously why would the President post an image on the Internet of airdropping feces on American cities? https://t.co/HFrJIFZaCg
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) October 19, 2025
The wildest part about the largest protest in American history is that the president’s response was to post a video literally proving the point of the protest. https://t.co/02lNxxUsck
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) October 19, 2025
they said Kamala Harris was too emotional and unserious to be president. https://t.co/crsVJAGrbR
— sean (@_sn_n) October 19, 2025
While wearing a Crown. https://t.co/KrWTsIlqGf
— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) October 19, 2025
Authoritarianism doesn't happen in a vacuum. It requires enablers. When a leader posts fantasies of monarchical rule, and his entire party looks the other way, they become complicit. The issue isn't just Trump's posts; it's the institutional decay of a party that refuses to be a… https://t.co/jShrnAcUBZ
— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) October 19, 2025
President Trump posts an AI video of him dropping feces on American citizens.
The White House Press Secretary replies to a reporter “your mom.”
The Vice President laughs at jokes made by 20 and 30 year olds about rape, gas chambers, and Hitler.
How can anyone stand by this?
— Travis Akers ?? (@travisakers) October 19, 2025
Again, how the hell could someone elect this?? https://t.co/BsERuBwrff
— Oksii ? ?? (@Oksii33) October 19, 2025
“Hurrr durr were owning the libs”
Nah MAGA, you’re embarrassing yourselves, America, the office, and doing so while prices rise and Congress covers-up crimes.
I truly cannot think of something more pathetic, than thinking memes like this are “winning!” https://t.co/Dg4krYj6Xk
— Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) (@adamscochran) October 19, 2025
I’m from Scotland.
We have inept politicians here.
Politicians with bad judgement, poor policies and lack of integrity.
But no politician in Scotland, the UK or Europe for that matter comes even close to how absolutely embarrassing Trump is… https://t.co/Kbsm3ngQcx
— Stu Cameron (@stucam7771) October 19, 2025
Trump is a sick man. https://t.co/XtTtUX7KGP
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) October 19, 2025
Trump posted an AI video showing him DUMPING FECES on No Kings protesters. Here is how the media covered it:
1. NYT: Trump Posts Fake Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters
2. Axios: Trump posts fake video in "KING TRUMP" jet as GOP dismisses No Kings…
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 20, 2025
One day, historians will explain why a sitting U.S. President posted an AI video of himself flying a plane that drops feces on Americans, during a shutdown, on the same day as the largest protest in U.S. history defending Social Security, health care, and the Constitution.
— Karly Kingsley (@karlykingsley) October 19, 2025
The AI video Trump posted of himself dumping shit all over America from a plane was metaphorically the most accurate piece of propaganda he’s put out this year.
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 20, 2025
In the past week:
•Trump attacked me with an AI video
•JD Vance joined in and went after me
•MAGA got “Deport Harry Sisson” trending number one on XGuys… I think Trump and his fans don’t like me. I wonder why? I wear it as a badge of honor and I’ll keep calling them out.
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) October 19, 2025
I’ve said it but I’m going to continue saying it, for documentation sake.
Posts from the President and White House like this are a shame for the office of the presidency — no matter who holds it.
Depicting a sitting president dropping waste on citizens crosses every line of… https://t.co/o4fJ8qNBaD
— Amber Speaks Up (@AmberWoods100) October 19, 2025
It’s super alpha to get all angry about protests and post AI videos of yourself dropping feces on America because you can’t handle your emotions, oh and wearing an oxygen mask like a douche helmet because you’re a fatso pic.twitter.com/BtBZFweHdD
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) ???? (@AdamKinzinger) October 20, 2025
The press will ask a few Republicans about this video and they'll claim they haven't seen it and the story will blow over within 24 hours where if any other American politician in the last 50 years did anything like this it would be in the first paragraph of their obituary. https://t.co/AkKW5Ucf8B
— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) October 19, 2025
An accurate representation of how this kind of leader really feels about those he governs. Autocrats starve kill jail impoverish and use and discard people because they feel scorn for humanity. https://t.co/aHwe2F3cwM
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) October 19, 2025
Trump has made America an international laughingstock https://t.co/bl5po92wEn
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) October 19, 2025
Reminder: The people who protect nukes may be furloughed bc of the shutdown bc they are not "essential."
Donald Trump decided that whatever sweaty incel who made this *is* essential. https://t.co/wY0UmjYKJn
— emptywheel (check) (@emptywheel) October 19, 2025
Rando person with vaguely lefty politics posts one lightly insulting thing toward conservative Americans and it becomes a national scandal.
President of the United States uses taxpayers money to generate a video of himself literally shitting on his constituents and… what? https://t.co/N8rmNnwZ2Y
— Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) October 19, 2025
Bailout for Argentina while American farmers suffer. Health care costs soar as the super rich get more tax cuts. Out of control corruption. He and his family enrich themselves while pushing your cultural buttons with nonsense. Wake up MAGA. This is what Trump does to you. https://t.co/r7AJzLzPwU
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 19, 2025
He’s not funny. And he’s not well. https://t.co/QRS5by0e1s
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) October 19, 2025
The U.S. president posting this video — of him literally shitting on his own citizens for protesting — sums up his perspective on the First Amendment. https://t.co/GH1yFSqe2G
— Miles Taylor (@MilesTaylorUSA) October 19, 2025
This is what Trump posted today in response to the largest protest in US history.
This man is clinically insane. pic.twitter.com/CpODtr76Lc
— Daractenus (@Daractenus) October 19, 2025
I think it’s clear who actually hates America. https://t.co/Hr4wZnmVsT
— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) October 19, 2025
Well. The president is posting more insane AI videos while his shutdown heads into week 4. And 24 million Americans are about to see their health care premiums double or triple.
He is unhinged beyond comprehension. https://t.co/P4eZ0o9Aco
— Yassamin Ansari (@yassaminansari) October 19, 2025
The President of the United States has posted an AI video of himself unloading tons of raw sewage on American cities.
One of the targets in the AI video is Harry Sisson. pic.twitter.com/wMTzGp3scY
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) October 19, 2025
Trump posted an AI video of himself wearing a crown and dumping shit from a “King Trump” jet on No Kings protesters.
This is where we are as a country. pic.twitter.com/rnzUkJ4C4K
— PatriotTakes ?? (@patriottakes) October 19, 2025
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.