
Troll-in-chief Donald Trump blocked New York City’s congestion pricing program, reversing a federal approval granted last year. The congestion toll charges drivers $9 to enter Manhattan, and it was successful in easing Manhattan’s notorious congestion and helped fund public transit.
Trump’s action is out of pocket, unconstitutional, and just another example of him acting as if he’s a king who isn’t subject to any laws and can do whatever he pleases.
Trump celebrated his action online, posting on Truth Social: “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!”
The White House’s official Instagram account shared an image of Trump with a crown and the words “LONG LIVE THE KING.”
Nary a word of protest from conservatives, they weren’t offended in the least by the spectacle of the president of the greatest democracy in the world acting like a king and calling himself a king.
The MAGA crowd ridiculed liberals for being offended and praised Trump’s gift of trolling. But can you imagine if President Barack Obama had referred to himself as a king? They would have said: Maybe he’s the King of Kenya, or perhaps he’s one of those faux Nigerian princes who swindles white Americans out of their money.
If Joe Biden had called himself a king, Trump’s followers would have compared him to King George III of Great Britain who suffered from dementia.
Trump is not a king, he is a wannabe dictator, and a sorry excuse for a president.