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MS NOW's Rachel Maddow identified a fascinating trend in this month's No Kings protests against President Donald Trump — and one that should leave the Republican Party terrified.

"There is now a 10-foot-tall golden toilet on the National Mall at the Lincoln Memorial. It says, quote, 'A throne fit for a king,'" said Maddow. "In a time of unprecedented division, escalating conflict and economic turmoil, President Donald Trump focused on what truly mattered: remodeling the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House. The plaque next to the 10-foot-tall gold toilet says Trump is, quote, 'an unwavering visionary who looked down, saw a problem and painted it gold.' The gold toilet president this weekend was also the target of one of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in American history. Organizers say more than 8 million Americans protested against President Donald Trump this weekend."

President Donald Trump shared a video on his Truth Social platform Monday that appeared to show extensive AI-generated mockups of a massive skyscraper housing his presidential library.

The video, set to soaring music, appeared to show a tower with a slight resemblance to One World Trade Center, with "TRUMP" at the top, featuring a grand lobby with Air Force One and a replica of the enormous ballroom he is planning to build onto the White House.

President Donald Trump is starting to seem like "he wants to go home early" from work as troubles mount for his administration, according to one analyst.

Michael Popok, founder of the "Legal AF" podcast, argued in a new "hot take" video on Monday that Trump's decision to launch an "excursion" into Iran has caused some serious headaches for his administration. For instance, Popok noted that Trump has faced bipartisan pushback for his decision to coordinate bombing strikes across Iran with Israel. The fallout from the war has also hurt Trump's economy and made his effort to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell much more difficult.

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) told CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday that President Donald Trump's Department of Justice "botched" the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, and that the MAGA movement is keenly aware of their shortcomings.

Comer and Tapper discussed the way Trump's DOJ has handled the release of the files during an interview on CNN's "The Lead." Tapper asked Comer whether he has any confidence in the DOJ's compliance with a law Congress passed last year that required the agency to release all files in its possession by December 2025.

Former GOP strategist turned Trump administration critic Tim Miller put the smackdown on Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr on MS NOW, following the bureaucrat's far-right speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, boasting about how the agency is putting journalists in their place.

"You know, Tim, we have a lot of these conversations about the watchful eye I keep on the Manosphere," said anchor Nicolle Wallace, referencing influencers like Joe Rogan who once endorsed Trump but have increasingly turned on him. "It is harder to find a defender inside, sort of ... those late arrivers that you talked about than it is to find a critic. Do you think that they will like — it's an applause line at CPAC to say, you know, they defunded PBS and they took these sort of normal journalists off the air. Do you think it will extend if their censorship extends into one's friendly terrain?"

President Donald Trump's latest threat against the Iranian regime is "extremely hard to justify" under international law, according to one expert.

Admiral James G. Stavridis told CNN's Abby Phillip on "The Arena" on Monday that Trump's threat to bomb Iran's water and energy infrastructure if the country does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz would be a difficult move to defend. Certain parts of the threat seem to align with international law, but attacking civilian infrastructure could extend the war in Iran for years to come, he added.

Conservative columnist SE Cupp shredded the Trump administration's latest "straw man" during a panel discussion on CNN.

For weeks, the Trump administration has shifted its story about why the U.S. bombed Iran in coordination with Israel, Cupp argued on "The Arena" with host Abby Phillip on Monday. The explanations have changed so frequently that White House officials like Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appear to be having a hard time keeping up, she added.

Conservative viewers unhappy about the war in Iran overwhelmed the pro-MAGA Real America's Voice network with emails opposing President Donald Trump.

During the Human Events show on Monday, host Jack Posobiec spent nearly 10 minutes reading mail from people who had voted for Trump.

This week, the Supreme Court is set to hear the hotly-watched case on whether President Donald Trump can abolish the 14th Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship by executive order. And most people think he'll lose, justice correspondent Ken Dilanian told MS NOW's Katy Tur on Monday.

This comes as Trump ups his social media attacks on the justices, warning them not to be "dumb" as they hear the case.

The Good Liars host Jason Selvig mocked former Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino literally to his face.

In a prank that seemed to go over Bovino's head, Selvig interviewed the former Trump official after he spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last week. A video of the encounter was shared on social media in a video titled "Short interview with Greg Bovino."

President Donald Trump's Iran war is blundering into the dark, former Naval War College and The Atlantic writer Tom Nichols told MS NOW's Katy Tur on Monday — in part because the administration doesn't even have a functioning national security body capable of advising on the issue.

"The people that would have an idea of the contingencies and the knock-on effect, if you do X, you're going to get Y etcetera, were they all fired, or — is there nobody left in this administration? Or did Donald Trump, as far as we can tell, just dismiss them all? Or were those sorts of plans, those contingencies never even brought to him, because it's not the sort of thing he wants to hear?" asked Tur.

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones lashed out at Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) after TMZ published photographs of the pro-war Republican taking an unannounced vacation at Disney World.

"Lindsey Graham is walking around by himself with a baby blue and pink princess scepter," Jones noted on Monday. "So the point is he's got a girl's toy, and he's walking around talking to Mickey Mouse and people looking completely insane. Look at him on TV. He constantly talks about killing people."