Fox News White House Reporter to Karoline Leavitt: Does Trump ‘See Himself as a King?’

A Fox News reporter straight-up asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt if President Donald Trump views himself as a king.

While Leavitt took questions during Wednesday’s briefing, Fox News correspondent Alexandria Hoff asked about the protests being organized in response to ICE raids. Hoff specifically brought up the “No Kings” protests that are scheduled to occur during Trump’s military parade on Saturday.

“You mentioned foreign flags being flown during these protests,” Hoff said. “There are protests and activities being organized for this weekend. Part of it are [sic] Democrats saying they want to reclaim the American flag. It’s also being titled ‘No Kings Day.’ Does the president see himself as a king, and does the White House expect to see American flags being flown during the protest?”

Karoline flatly rejected the idea of Trump viewing himself that way:

The president views himself as the President of the United States of America. This is a constitutional republic, and we want to see all of our citizens be proud of the country in which they are given the privilege and the blessing to live; and I think that those images of foreign flags being waved by illegal criminals and by violent rioters in the face of cars blowing up, flames in the city — I have photos of that here to show you.

This violence and destruction that occurred is an image that Governor Gavin Newsom owns. This is his city, and President Trump saw these images and he said, “That is not going to be accepted or tolerated,” and hence why he deployed the National Guard and United States Marines who have helped to quell that violence.

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