"No Kings" is a deeply American concept

I'd have more sympathy for the protesters if they were against all American tyrants and not just the one they perceive now

I understand and agree with the claim behind the "No Kings" protests that President Trump sometimes acts like he is or wants to be a king. Indeed, he has done plenty of stuff that's worth protesting (and plenty of great stuff...such is the nature of populism.)

I'm not a "but what about the Dems" guy most of the time but this situation demands some context.

The only reason Biden didn't have as many overtly dictatorial moments is that he was apparently incoherent and mostly confined to quarters so the nation was being run by a small oligarchy in the name of a king rather than a king. That's a small difference, though, so my problem with the protests (or, more specifically, the protesters) is that these leftists (and many normal people too) are just fine when presidents (and, to a lesser degree, judges and legislators) abuse their power as long as they're abusing it in the way the left likes.

(It’s also worth noting that since the media overtly sided with Biden and overtly opposes Trump, the Biden oligarchy’s many illegal acts did not get the scrutiny they deserved whereas many of Trump’s actions get more scrutiny than they deserve.)

Biden's insistence on reassigning student loan debt to taxpayers (which he erroneously called "canceling" student debt) AFTER the Supreme Court said he couldn't is a great example of his acting like a king.

Other examples of the Biden administration’s abuse of power, all of which were overturned by federal courts including SCOTUS:

• Using the CDC to ban evictions (an obvious abuse of non-existent power)

• Using OSHA to try to force private-sector employers to mandate that their employees got the COVID vaccine

• Having multiple parts of the federal government pressure social media companies to delete information and block users who made comments about COVID that disagreed with the official narrative, many of which were or might be correct

• Refusing to abide by federal law regarding having oil and gas lease sales/auctions

• Implementing a ridiculous “joint employer” rule

And it's not just Biden. Obama said specifically, and Nancy Pelosi publicly agreed (but changed her tune later), that a president does not have the authority to waive immigration law for an entire class of people. Indeed, when asked about his authority to wave a wand and let hundreds of thousands or millions of illegal aliens stay in the US without an act of Congress, Obama said “I am not king. I can't do these things just by myself.”

But then did it anyway (with DACA).

Obama’s Immigration Amnesia (FactCheck.org)

DACA Is Unconstitutional, as Obama Admitted - Heritage Foundation

The "No Kings" mantra and message is fundamentally a good one, entirely in keeping with our founding principles.

The problem is that the people protesting aren’t against American petty tyrants; they’re just against THIS one.