The New York Times had a terrifying message to share on Saturday — when Donald Trump says he can do whatever he wants, he might actually be right. America was forged in the blood and fire of rejecting tyranny; its institutions were meticulously formed around the principle that we would never be ruled by a king,” she wrote.
“Yet Trump delights in reposting memes of himself as a king and as Napoleon, with a line attributed to the emperor: ‘He who saves his country does not violate any law.’”She went through examples of how the nation’s institutions were buckling to him.
Among them were the multitude of court cases, most of which failed to even bring him to trial. A criminal conviction in New York ended with no real punishment.
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President Donald Trump referred to himself as “king” as he celebrated his decision to pull approvals for congestion pricing on New York City transportation Wednesday.
“New York State’s congestion pricing plan is a slap in the face to working class Americans and small business owners,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement, blasting the program as “backwards and unfair.”
The Value Pricing Pilot Program (VPPP) approved on Nov. 21 imposed a $9 charge on some Manhattan drivers starting in January. Duffy said he would work with the Federal Highway Administration for an “orderly” program termination.
“CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “LONG LIVE THE KING!”
