ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor’s “No Kings” protest on Saturday largely took aim at President Donald Trump, but two of the event’s speakers went off script with a different message.

PARIS-- The Kings League says they're coming to the United States, the only question is when. It has been an intense year for the organizers of the Kings League, the seven-a-side format known for its unconventional rules that was founded by former FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique in 2022.

State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed, and State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were shot and wounded in “targeted shootings” in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, two neighboring suburban cities 10 to 20 miles outside Minneapolis.

Between activism, election results and protest turnout, the prevailing political winds suggest the backlash to the president is real.

Knowing that it wasn’t real, Donald Trump Jr. re-shared a fake social media post in which his father, President Donald Trump, cheekily thanked “No Kings” protestors. The fake post, make to look like it came from President Trump’s official Truth Social account, gave “A HUGE THANK YOU” to “No Kings” protestors across the country.

That’s part of why George Atkinson, a former high school government teacher, felt compelled to join a protest in downtown Houston on Saturday. The 89-year-old affixed a sign to his walker that read, “The clothes have no emperor! He’s all hat and no cattle!”

Thousands of "No Kings Day" protests are set to be held throughout the country on Saturday to protest the Trump administration.

The "No Kings" protest and march happening in Philadelphia on Saturday coincides with hundreds of rallies scheduled to take place across the country.

Over 90 "No Kings" protests were taking place Saturday, June 14, across New York state as millions across the country are expected to take part in a "nationwide day of defiance."

Thousands of people protested on June 15 in cities across the country against President Donald Trump’s policies.