{"id":2123814,"date":"2025-10-30T00:44:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T00:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2123814"},"modified":"2025-10-30T00:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T00:44:04","slug":"trump-jr-mocks-no-kings-protesters-at-business-summit-hosted-by-saudi-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/trump-jr-mocks-no-kings-protesters-at-business-summit-hosted-by-saudi-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Jr. mocks \u2018No Kings\u2019 protesters at business summit hosted by Saudi royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Donald Trump Jr. on Wednesday mocked protesters who took part in \u201cNo Kings\u201d demonstrations across the United States while praising his father\u2019s business-first approach to the Middle East during a visit to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Trump spoke before business leaders and Saudi officials at the Future Investment Initiative, the brainchild of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who feted President Donald Trump during his Mideast tour in May to the kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Trump backed the prince during his first term even after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi officials at the kingdom\u2019s consulate in Turkey. Prince Mohammed plans a trip to Washington next month.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking alongside Omeed Malik of 1789 Capital, Donald Trump Jr. criticized Democratic Party policies and protesters targeting his father. Trump invests in 1789 and continues to work in the real estate arm of the family, the Trump Organization, which has expanded its Mideast offerings even as his father serves his second term in the White House.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/we-intend-to-defend-our-democracy-says-no-kings-protest-organizer\">\u2018We intend to defend our democracy,\u2019 says \u2018No Kings\u2019 protest organizer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In particular, Trump mocked the \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests which drew crowds to demonstrations across America, claiming it was \u201cnot an organic movement, it\u2019s entirely manufactured and paid for by the usual puppets around the world and their\u201d groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf my father was a king, he probably wouldn\u2019t have allowed those protests to happen,\u201d he said. \u201cYou saw the people that were actually protesting \u2014 it\u2019s the same crazy liberals from the \u201860s and \u201970s, they\u2019re just a lot older and fatter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump made the comments while visiting a nation ruled by an absolute monarchy where dissent is criminalized.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cNo Kings\u201d demonstrations, the third mass mobilization since his father\u2019s return to the White House, came against the backdrop of a government shutdown that is testing the core balance of power in the United States in a way that protest organizers warn is a slide toward authoritarianism.<\/p>\n<p>Trump separately acknowledged it was his first trip to Saudi Arabia and praised the changes he saw in the kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen my father came here, unlike the last presidents who visited here, it wasn\u2019t an apology tour,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIt was, \u2018How do we work together? How do we grow our respective economies? How do we create peace and stability in the region?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere can be \u2018America-First\u2019 component to that, but there also can be a \u2018Saudi-First\u2019 component to that and everyone can actually benefit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-invite inline-invite-type__funding inline-invite-style__default\">\n<div class=\"inline-invite-funding__box\">\n<figure class=\"invite__logo\">\n                    <svg class=\"svg\"><use xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"#pbs-newshour-horiz-refresh\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n                <\/figure>\n<p>\n                    A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy.\n                <\/p>\n<p class=\"invite_body\">\n                    Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue.\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/give.newshour.org\/page\/88646\/donate\/1?ea.tracking.id=pbs_news_sept_2025_article&amp;supporter.appealCode=N2509AW1000100\" class=\"donation-link ga-click-funding ga-click-ender-funding\"><br \/>\n                    <button class=\"donate-button\">Donate now<\/button><br \/>\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24px\" height=\"24px\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"#000000\" class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-short\" version=\"1.1\" id=\"svg1\">\n                    <defs id=\"defs1\"\/>\n                    <path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M4 8a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h5.793L8.146 5.354a.5.5 0 1 1 .708-.708l3 3a.5.5 0 0 1 0 .708l-3 3a.5.5 0 0 1-.708-.708L10.293 8.5H4.5A.5.5 0 0 1 4 8z\" id=\"path1\"\/>\n                    <\/svg><br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.pbs.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Donald Trump Jr. on Wednesday mocked protesters who took part in \u201cNo Kings\u201d demonstrations across the United States while praising his father\u2019s business-first approach to the Middle East during a visit to Saudi Arabia. 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