I had to confirm these for myself. Here are Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff and the official White House account running with Trump's earlier post referring to himself as king. Famously, the United States of America fought a war over not wanting to be ruled by a king. - ThreadSky

hanslejeune.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Mad King (he's not the first).

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ksivaraman.bsky.social•3 days ago

King Convicted Felon. Queen Melania. Jesus, it doesn't rhyme! Something is not right.

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prudencegoodwife.bsky.social•3 days ago

We only hate the bad foreign kings. Not the beautiful home grown genius King.

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fubdub.bsky.social•1 day ago

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melissapoole05.bsky.social•3 days ago

Ironically, the catalyst being opposition to tariffs (tax) on tea.

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hcatsam.bsky.social•2 days ago

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phoebepetrovic.bsky.social•2 days ago

To all the people shouting “don’t let this distract you!” guys it’s ok I spent 3 minutes making a social media post. I and many other journalists are doing the work.

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scout0914.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is what the Republican Party has enabled!! Every Republican politician in Congress has helped bring about the END of our constitutional republic! Remind them every single day for the rest of our lives! They are TRAITORS to the republic!

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jaedeeblue.bsky.social•3 days ago

Treason! 🤬

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bearpondboy.bsky.social•3 days ago

This oughta end well.

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bluedotinmi.bsky.social•3 days ago

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argle-bargler.bsky.social•3 days ago

Cup half full, he gave people an easier way to talk about what they would like to see happen https://bsky.app/profile/mauraquint.bsky.social/post/3likp6rrbfk2b

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heymjm.bsky.social•3 days ago

Down with the king.

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armthewhales.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah, I think the Founding Fathers had a few things to say about kings. Maybe some Republican originalist can help me remember what they were....

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jackin503.bsky.social•2 days ago

Don’t hold your breath

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camelina.bsky.social•2 days ago

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jackin503.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yup

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diamondlifeca.bsky.social•3 days ago

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dirigojoe.bsky.social•3 days ago

Also, congestion pricing has been an enormous, unqualified success?!

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axiomveritas.bsky.social•2 days ago

Power, like a drug, demands stronger doses. Trump’s rhetoric has escalated from authoritarian posturing to royal fantasies, revealing an insatiable need for dominance. His grasp on reality weakens as opposition fuels paranoia. Left unchecked, his quest for control will deepen.

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spradlig.bsky.social•3 days ago

Can t***p or his bitch adams stop congestion pricing?

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amymwb.bsky.social•3 days ago

I wonder what are they doing that they’re creating this distraction for the news cycle? Must be something truly illegal & awful.

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segascream.bsky.social•3 days ago

How can you tell the difference between it and every other day so far?

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amymwb.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes, they’re always trying to distract but this seems particularly over the top so what they’re trying to distract from must be equally over the top.

I’m sure Trump believes he is or should be a king but IMO these things are put in Trumps head for distraction.

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segascream.bsky.social•3 days ago

Honestly, I just think Trump doesn't see the game that Musk is playing, or thinks he's such a "tremendous" businessman that he can control for it. Trump sees that he's in "power" now, feels no loyalty to the Constitution, and doesn't realize Musk will sell him out as soon as the $$$ is right.

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amymwb.bsky.social•2 days ago

Absolutely. Trump was never more than the carnival barker getting the gullible (& that includes weak Republican politicians) into the tent & a side show to distract & entertain the crowds. He was so f*cking easy to manipulate.

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wraithworks.bsky.social•3 days ago

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jake-66.bsky.social•3 days ago

MAGA’s hate everything America and our founding father’s stand for. They can call themselves anything they want. But they are the opposite of American patriots.

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steviepops.bsky.social•3 days ago

If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times: he's just not that bright. I'm not sure what's more alarming - his stupidity or Musk's volatility.

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mrsimonali.bsky.social•3 days ago

He’ll spin it, “king of New York” but we know it’s not. While 2 planes crash midair in Arizona, pumpkin spice is playing cosplay king to soothe his fragile ego

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winstonsmith2024.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes, but this is just trolling and owning the libs. He wants you to get outraged over a silly meme and make you forget the actual damage he is doing to our democracy and our standing in the civilized world. Ignore this.

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phoebepetrovic.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don’t think we are to ignore it. Far-right internet culture, with trolling and memes as its basic practice and language, is a key part of politics now and it matters. It matters b/c of how far-right extremists seize on it. https://bsky.app/profile/katestarbird.bsky.social/post/3likmvqh7ak2r

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phoebepetrovic.bsky.social•3 days ago

Dismissing and underestimating trolling and internet culture as “not real life” and a distraction is part of how we got here.

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winstonsmith2024.bsky.social•3 days ago

No, we got here because the American public and the media is easily distracted by shiny objects. Every minute focused on Trump dressed as a King is one minute less focused on his systematic destruction of our government and his abandonment of Ukraine.

I could care less about what Catturd laughs at

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winstonsmith2024.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's a distraction to entertain his die-hard followers. Why should we care what they think?

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phoebepetrovic.bsky.social•3 days ago

Also, I’m gonna go on record and say it’s okay for a journalist to document the president and his admin saying something blatantly contrary to our current governmental system. Part of our job is to document what happens. Have a good one!

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winstonsmith2024.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don't totally disagree with you, I just think it's a waste of time to focus on the toilet overflowing while your house is burning down.

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phoebepetrovic.bsky.social•3 days ago

Well, for starters, many of them have positions of real power: https://bsky.app/profile/stevanzetti.bsky.social/post/3likrru5g2s2t

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mkjohns212.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not a king; a tyrant, a dictator.

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myctis.bsky.social•3 days ago

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moodscrolln.bsky.social•3 days ago

Is this the bloodless revolution they were talking about? The left has to just let it happen or something right?

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bbobbybee.bsky.social•2 days ago

wots takin so long?

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hh-hirschelmann.bsky.social•3 days ago

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brandot.bsky.social•3 days ago

Down with the aristocracy.

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dbdant.bsky.social•3 days ago

#NoKings

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maddyann.bsky.social•3 days ago

Clearly, then, Trump supporters are opponents of the "United States of America" and the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights (the Founding Documents.) Implied - their citizenship should be revoked.

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iamroya.bsky.social•3 days ago

I like what the French did to kings.

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kimbermacv.bsky.social•3 days ago

@propublica.org have printouts of those posts to show Senators (on video) asking for them to comment. If they won’t condemn this nonsense, pls ask them why. They need to stop hiding!

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tunibell.bsky.social•3 days ago

The no-kings thing is kinda our whole deal

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misternyx.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s funny cause they’re pushing 🍊💩 as 👑, because they’re trying to get out in front of the real POS in Power, 🇿🇦🐀

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papertownsage.bsky.social•2 days ago

I feel like the last monarchy that oversaw this level of wealth disparity & disregard for the common welfare of the people got a real rude awakening. If I recall correctly, King Louise XVI didn't have much need for the crown after all was said & done.

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robertvinson.bsky.social•3 days ago

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realitide.bsky.social•3 days ago

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realitide.bsky.social•3 days ago

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kimmy45.bsky.social•3 days ago

He looks dumb

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escapethefascist.bsky.social•2 days ago

The King is Dead
Long live Democracy
Oh wait, that POS dictator is still breathing.
We anxiously await the king's death.

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stevemosco86.bsky.social•3 days ago

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pressmanpete.bsky.social•3 days ago

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mikea57.bsky.social•3 days ago

Bet the French will be livid after all they did to boot the Brits and the King out of America

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mapchick.bsky.social•3 days ago

The more he acts like the asshole he is, the faster he turns more people against him. He is his own undoing!

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modernliferonn.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is doing this as a distraction, and ploy for the American moderates and liberals to focus on social media posts and bullshit. FUCK HIM. He is not a King and never will be. Focus on what he is doing to destroy the middle class working American and minorities.

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bogeymd.bsky.social•2 days ago

He does it because he is a malignant narcissist that is being fed BS by puppet master Putin and Musk and the rest telling him he is going to be the Dictator of the USA.. Malaria is telling him should would rather be a queen. There was a French Revolution.. He shouldn't underestimate us.

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itzmekatherine.bsky.social•3 days ago

His followers love to create images of him dressed up in super hero costumes, royalty, a well built guy, etc
I can’t help but recognize that they seem to be trying to mold him into something he never could have been.
Maybe.. just maybe, they are embarrassed by his sloppy suit and excessive makeup.

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myizzypop.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sure grandpa. You’re whatever you think you are today. Let’s get you a clean diaper and some more jello.

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wiselineprt.bsky.social•3 days ago

We have our first troll king.

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caligreg.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump: The King of America

Look away. You don’t see a thing.
Just Trump calling himself “King”.
He doesn’t wear a crown on his head.
Yikes! Does he think it’s a cap in red?

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trashweirdojohnny.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Cannot bring myself to give this nauseating reality a ❤️. The ignorance, incompetence, and grand American capitulation we’re witnessing is certainly something I never thought I’d see in my lifetime.

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lovedogs8.bsky.social•3 days ago

Beyond pathetic, this is more like it.

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swgeneralmills.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sad cult

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kmcmains.bsky.social•3 days ago

And we’ll fight another one, if it comes to it

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thecursingpoet.bsky.social•2 days ago

For those who claim this is just trolling: it's better to view this as the artillery barrage preceding the foot soldiers attacking.

The artillery barrage is a statement of intention.

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richwingerter9.bsky.social•2 days ago

See? When he looked at the solar eclipse, he did go blind.

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catsluck.bsky.social•3 days ago

Heavy is the head that wears the crown..

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melissa.bsky.social•2 days ago

We’ve been here before, let’s do this, again.

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vobunski.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤮

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prizscisurf.bsky.social•2 days ago

Some of the battles American patriots fought against a king were fought on the fields and farms that eventually would become NYC streets. I live a few blocks away from where a 21-year-old spy for Gen. Washington, Nathan Hale, was hanged by a British general. We don't like kings here.

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skstct.bsky.social•3 days ago

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gartmartin9.bsky.social•3 days ago

He's trolling--to distract you from his complicity with Putin and the other 980 illegal things he is doing.
stop falling for the distraction

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djfeld01.bsky.social•3 days ago

Can I be mad about this AND the other 980 things?

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moodscrolln.bsky.social•3 days ago

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johnkelly.co.uk•3 days ago

📌

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crippledscholar.bsky.social•3 days ago

AI King Trump's royal robes are of incredibly poor design and quality

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beebeewood.bsky.social•2 days ago

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usuallyannoyed.bsky.social•3 days ago

I did the same. Then I sent it to my MAGA family. Haven’t heard back yet

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tobellz.bsky.social•3 days ago

The courts are going to really enjoy this one.

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bigalincal.bsky.social•3 days ago

Got to say, in the 1st one he looks like the Imperial margarine king, and the 2nd like some doofus king in a Shrek movie- so bravo maga!

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segascream.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh, he's definitely a Farquuad.

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pshoff.bsky.social•3 days ago

Hmmm, I remember a French king where things didn't work out so well.

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frmrnewsshootr.bsky.social•3 days ago

Already filed a lawsuit that he will lose. King of L’s.

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mireneus.bsky.social•3 days ago

More like King Con.

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tigertrout8.bsky.social•2 days ago

👇

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ed-in-nova.bsky.social•3 days ago

#PresidentsAreNotKings
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hipstersasquatch.bsky.social•3 days ago

America exists BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE RULED BY KINGS, damnit.

If you WANT a king, go move to a country that has them!
No king for the USA! Not now, not ever!

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bogeymd.bsky.social•2 days ago

One day he thinks he is Putin, the next Napoleon, now a King.
The man is a CONVICTED FELON with Dementia that needs to be committed to a psychiatric unit. Enough of this insanity

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whoisyuki.bsky.social•3 days ago

By the end of 2025, people will be wishing kathy griffin's joke was reality

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jeturcotte.bsky.social•3 days ago

Aye, the whole point of a republic was to ensure there would not be one.

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jjacobjschmidt.bsky.social•3 days ago

This one too shall fall.

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allpunandgames.bsky.social•3 days ago

Short may he reign.

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natgirl0810.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'd much prefer Charles if given the choice

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shawn-holland.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is real: https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1892295984928993698

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phoebepetrovic.bsky.social•3 days ago

yes, I confirmed. I'm a journalist so I confirmed and posted my findings.

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angelakmarx.bsky.social•3 days ago

thank you, Phoebe for your work

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shawn-holland.bsky.social•3 days ago

I know it's real, but no one is posting links back to our government announcing our new king and I think that link is important.

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hilux.bsky.social•3 days ago

musk 100% sold him on the idea that "you will be king, and I will be doge" and trump never once thought that it might be in the doge's interest to replace him with the guy musk/theil have been funding and grooming for a decade

create chaos -> blame trump -> remove trump -> win

what a fucking rube

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ca-nc-galady.bsky.social•3 days ago

I figure this is why 🍊🧀🐡 has yet to give #arrestMuskNOW a pardon. Musky is the front person/enforcer and that keeps #impeachTrumpNOW from having culpability.

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