Inflatable Costumes Mask Serious Threats to American Sovereignty at Anti-Trump Rallies

Across cities from Portland to Washington D.C., a new trend has emerged among protesters opposing the Trump administration: oversized inflatable costumes ranging from frogs to bananas. While on the surface this may seem like harmless fun, beneath the layers of latex and laughter lies a troubling refusal to confront the real consequences of their anti-American rhetoric. Does Inflatable Absurdity Conceal an Authoritarian Threat? The "No Kings" protests, which claim to oppose what demonstrators call a slide into authoritarianism under President Trump, have adopted these costumes as a tactic purportedly designed to "deflate tensions." But how effective is mockery when it...