New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- Millions marched under the No Kings banner. The White House answered with a juvenile video that fantasized about soaking protesters, and Washington looked away.

WASHINGTON - A president who fears the people resorts to cartoons. Donald Trump spent the weekend posting a juvenile AI fantasy that crowns him "King Trump," straps him into a fighter jet, and has him dump brown sludge on citizens who marched under a simple idea, no kings. It was not humor, it was contempt. It was the clearest picture yet of a leader who treats Americans as targets to be soiled, not as owners of the republic he keeps trying to bend.

The clip ran for seconds. The stench lingers. As millions filled streets under the No Kings banner, the White...