As millions of Americans took to the country’s streets on Saturday to protest against President Donald Trump and the excesses of his government, the US leader went into full Marie Antoinette mode. Recalling the infamous Queen of France’s supposed indifference to her people, when Trump’s White House was asked for a comment about more than 2,600 separate protests and demonstrations that organisers claim mobilised seven million people, spokeswoman Abigail Jackson offered a two-syllable response: “Who cares?” she sniffed .

As demonstrators from coast to coast articulated the view that there must be “No Kings” in America, and insisted that the country’s somewhat beleaguered constitution was unambiguous on the issue, Trump eagerly moved to portray himself as a monarch.

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