Maddowblog-Trump describes himself as a 'king,' on the heels of Napoleonic statement [View all]

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Four days after declaring “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,” the American president also referred to himself as a monarch.

Trump describes himself as a ‘king,’ on the heels of Napoleonic statement
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— kkmbol (@kkmbol.bsky.social) 2025-02-20T18:45:05.089Z

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Four days later, the president started referring to himself as a monarch. NBC News reported:

President Donald Trump declared himself “king” on Wednesday as he celebrated his administration’s bid to end federal approval of New York’s “congestion pricing” — an auto toll instituted last month to raise money for the region’s aging mass transit system. ... Trump celebrated the potential end to congestion pricing and appeared to liken himself to royalty.

“CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!” the Republican wrote on social media.

Soon after, an official White House account not only echoed the president’s online statement, it also released a portrait showing a grinning Trump wearing a crown.

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.....It was a day later when the president started referring to himself as a “king” and the White House started promoting an image of Trump with a crown.

Imagine if the partisan situation were reversed. Imagine it were a Democratic president who, during his campaign, issued a written statement musing about the “termination” of the Constitution in pursuit of his baseless election conspiracy theories. Imagine that same Democrat soon after said presidents must be allowed to ignore laws that get in their way and take actions that “cross the line.” Around the same time, that same hypothetical Democrat repeatedly talked about his desire to establish a Day 1 “dictatorship,” which he said would give him temporary authority to pursue his priorities without checks and balances.

Then imagine, after the election, that Democrat took power, expressed indifference toward the rule of law, positioned himself above the law, issued executive orders concentrating new authorities under his control, and referring to himself as a monarch.

Do you suppose Republican officials and conservative media outlets would sit idly by, unconcerned by such posturing? Or would they tell the public that the United States was in the midst of a constitutional crisis?