Millions of people are expected to gather today in the nation’s capital and communities across the U.S. for “No Kings” demonstrations to protest the direction of the country under President Donald Trump — or what the Republican Party is calling “Hate America” rallies.

This is the third mass mobilization and second No Kings Day since Trump’s return to the White House, and it comes against the backdrop of a government shutdown that not only has closed federal programs and services, but is testing the core balance of power as an aggressive executive confronts Congress and the courts in ways that organizers warn are a slide toward American authoritarianism.

Trump himself is away from Washington at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.

“They say they’re referring to me as a king. I’m not a king,”

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