About

• Be the King of X* refers to a series of greentext memes which list notable misdeeds and achievements accomplished by monarchs and other political leaders. Spawned by a meme about the Prince of Lichtenstein, the format achieved popularity on X / Twitter in early September 2023.

Origin

On September 3rd, 2023, X^[1] user @IrishConservNat posted a pseudo-greentext meme about Hans-Adam II, the Prince of Lichtenstein, vetoing laws trying to legalize abortion. The post (shown below) received over 900 reposts and 10,500 likes in two days (shown below).

Spread

On September 4th, 2023, X^[2] user @GothardOnExile reused the format for a similarly-structured humorous post about Wilfried Martens, the former Prime Minister of Belgium who helped pass the abortion law in the country, which received over 420 reposts and 9,300 likes in one day (shown below).

Later that day, X^[3] user @didde3g posted a similar meme about the Queen of Denmark, which received over 1,400 reposts and 36,400 likes in one day (shown below).

The more notable greentexts about various monarchs and political leaders listing their achievements, failures or misdeeds were shared by users on X in early September 2023.

Various Examples

Search Interest

External References