Of course, Trump presenting himself as a king got the knickers of many folks in a twist—including some Republicans who weren’t amused. Hochul, meanwhile, said in a snitty retort, “We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king.”

My take on these sorts of provocative posts by the president is that they are done on purpose with the full knowledge of the outrage they will fire up in some quarters. There are several reasons for this: 1) He’s very possibly the funniest president we’ve ever had, with the exception perhaps of Ronald Reagan, and 2) he enjoys watching the meltdown because it causes leftists to go into hysterics and make utter fools out of themselves.

Some have argued that, seeing as the NYC skyline is in the back of the meme, he means he's the King of New York, which is both the title of a movie and a phrase. It could be construed as a clapback at the city and state that he feels has treated him so poorly over the last decade.

But does anyone truly believe his goal is to bring back monarchy to the United States? //

Tech in RL
2 days ago
This is Trump’s version of, “Look, squirrel!” While leftists go into conniption fits about declaring himself King of New York and start shouting at the sky, Trump slips out the back and implements another part of his agenda. //

anon-jzji
2 days ago
Dems pick the worst side of every issue and then double down on it. Definitely, fight to keep an irksome toll in place- a toll people hate! Yeah, that'll work. She has a lot of gall to write that we're a nation of laws, considering she is daily defying the nationals' "laws" by protecting illegals. //

anon-ymous99
2 days ago
Democrats take Trump literally but not seriously.
Supporters take Trump seriously but not literally.

Don’t know who said it originally (Bari Weiss?), but the statement is spot on. Dems as a group are utterly humorless, lecturing scolds, who paradoxically play on emotion and outrage to control and distract their portion of the electorate. Hochul exemplifies them.

FreeNation anon-ymous99
2 days ago
It was Salena Zito, a journalist from Pennsylvania. Part of the appeal of Trump (and the horror for many) is that he doesn't speak diplomatically. Obama would speak for an hour and nobody would even know what he said because diplomatic jargon. Then the journalists would come on TV and tell us the meaning of all that jibberish. All part of the elite's control of the uneducated people.

Mopani FreeNation
2 ago
Interestingly, I first heard it from my wife, who never reads or listens to the news unless I tell her stuff (she just can't stand all the garbage and asks me to filter it for her). I commented on it here a month or two ago, and now I hear it frequently! 😂