Stephen King Draws Fire Over Post Targeting Trump’s Personal Life

A social media post by horror novelist ✍️Stephen King ignited a wave of online criticism Monday after he took aim at President 👤Donald Trump’s personal background just as the president prepares to deliver the State of the Union.

According to Fox News, King posted a list of claims about Trump on X, writing: 

“Trump: has never had a child. Has been married 3 times. Ran several businesses into the ground. Never ran a home, couldn’t make a bed to save his a–. Calls people he works with dumb, losers, ect. Has never done sweat labor. Has never served on a local committee.”

He concluded the post by saying, “ has no life experience.”

The comments quickly drew pushback from users on the platform, with some accusing King of copying the structure of a separate post directed at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez days earlier.

That earlier message, shared by an account calling itself “Stacy is Right,” criticized the New York lawmaker for not having children, never being married, and lacking business or professional experience. King reshared that post before publishing his remarks about Trump.

“You literally plagiarized an entire post…which was about AOC… and then applied it to Trump…… for whom it isn’t true and doesn’t make any sense. Why are you plagiarizing? I thought you were a writer?” Matt Van Swol, a former Department of Energy nuclear scientist, wrote in response.