Republicans continue to stand by Trump, while the rest of the country is getting fed up.
It’s understandable that media coverage of Saturday’s events would focus on an obvious political contrast: While President Donald Trump summoned Americans to Washington to celebrate the Army’s (and his own) birthday, protesters against Trump’s authoritarian approach to his position took to the streets around the country and around the world.
This comparison does a disservice to the difference in scale between the two. Though estimating crowd size is tricky and subject to bias, it seems clear that the anti-Trump “No Kings” protests drew millions of attendees in the U.S. while the Army/Trump parade enticed thousands.
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