Trump says he’s no king despite protesters contending he is

President Trump brushed off the planned “No Kings” protests across the country this weekend against his policies.

“I don’t feel like a king. I have to go through hell to get stuff approved. … We’re not a king at all,” he said at a bill signing event Thursday in the East Room of the White House.

Rallies are planned in hundreds of cities on Saturday to protest Mr. Trump’s policies and to counter his big military parade set for the same day in Washington. It also happens to be his 79th birthday.

The parade will mark of the Army’s 250th anniversary.

The protests aim to call attention to what demonstrators call the president’s eroding of democracy.

The “No Kings” name was chosen by 50501, signifying 50 states, 50 protests, one movement.

“We’re not gathering to feed his ego. We’re building a movement that leaves him behind,” the “No Kings” website says. “The flag doesn’t belong to President Trump. It belongs to us.”

“On June 14th, we’re showing up everywhere he isn’t — to say no thrones, no crowns, no kings,” it says.