About

King Trump refers to discussions about President Donald Trump after he made a Truth Social post in mid-February 2025 that declared "Long Live the King," seemingly in reference to himself, subsequently inspiring a post by the official White House Twitter / X account that showed Trump wearing a crown on a poster made to resemble the cover of Times magazine. Many Trump supporters perceived the post as a joke and a meme made in response to Trump's critics decrying his unilateral decisions as President. However, the post received widespread criticism from other internet users who viewed it as confirmation of his perceived dictatorial tendencies.

Origin

On February 19th, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump made a post on Truth Social^[1] about his appointed Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy sending New York an order to strike down its $9 congestion tax in Manhattan. The post read, "CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!" and gathered over 54,000 likes in a day.

Approximately 30 minutes later, the official White House X / Twitter^[2] account posted an AI-generated image depicting Donald Trump wearing a crown alongside text that read, "Long Live The King." The post gathered over 24 million views and 55,000 likes in a day.

Spread

On February 19th, 2025, Redditor^[7] shadowhunterxyz posted a screenshot of Trump's TruthSocial post to the subreddit /r/Conservative asking, "Explain this to me like I am 5 please," soliciting explanations from Republican-voting Redditors. Several Redditors responded by saying that they believed Trump to be "trolling" or joking. The post gathered over 12,000 upvotes and 2,200 comments in a day.

Also on February 19th, 2025, Redditor^[8] /u/GonzaloR87 tweeted a GIF showing the Game of Thrones character Sandor Clegane saying, "Fuck the King," to the subreddit /r/ReactionGIFs, gathering over 22,000 upvotes in a day.

Several Twitter / X users made posts reacting to the notion that an American President would refer to himself as a "King," even in jest.

On February 19th, 2025, X^[3] user @YIMBYLAND tweeted a photo of former President George Washington, a founding father who opposed the notion of kingship, gathering over 70,000 likes in a day.

Also on February 19th, X^[4] user @D_SAUC3Y made a post that read, "'Long live the king' is literally the most un-American thing anyone could ever say," gathering over 150,000 likes in a day.

Some Republicans made posts in support of Donald Trump, as seen in a February 19th post by X^[5] user @AutismCapital that read, "The White House learned to meme. We can’t believe our eyes. It happened." The post gathered over 3,000 likes in a day.

Also on February 19th, 2025, X^[6] user @iAnonPatriot tweeted, "I’m gonna start calling him King Trump, just to trigger liberals," gathering over 2,700 likes in a day.

Search Interest

External References