There are currently two kings in Washington, D.C., according to the White House.
The White House posted a picture on X of President Donald Trump and King Charles III with the caption “two Kings” Tuesday.
Opponents of the president have protested “No Kings” against the Trump administration.
On Sunday, Trump rejected the monarch title in an interview on CBS News’ “60 Minutes.”
“I’m not a King, if I was a King, I wouldn’t be dealing with you,” he said to Norah O’Donnell.
Trump has blamed Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on recent “No Kings” protests. Organizers said the protests oppose Trump’s consolidation and expansion of power.
The suspect in the shooting reportedly attended a “No Kings” protest in California and spread anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric online, according to reports.
Trump spoke on the moniker in June.
“I don’t feel like a king; I have to go through hell to get stuff approved,” Trump said.
“A king would say, ‘I’m not going to get this.’ A king would have never had the California mandate to even be talking, he wouldn’t have to call up [Speaker] Mike Johnson and [Senate Majority Leader John] Thune and say, ‘fellas you got to pull this off’ and after years we get it done,” he said. “No, no we’re not a king. We’re not a king at all.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Democrats were to blame for the increase in political violence as well as Saturday’s shooting.
“This political violence stems from a systemic demonization of him and his supporters by commentators, by elected members of the Democrat party and even some in the media,” Leavitt said Monday.
“This hateful and constant and violent rhetoric directed at President Trump day after day after day for 11 years has helped to legitimize this violence and bring us to this dark moment,” she said.
Democrats described him as a fascist and king in the 2024 presidential campaign and first two years of his presidency.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) rejected Leavitt blaming Democrats for political violence nationwide.
“She had the nerve to stand up there and read talking points being critical of statements all taken out of context that Democrats have made and didn’t have a word to say about anything that MAGA extremists have said or done, including providing aid and comfort to violent insurrectionists here at this capital on Jan. 6th who brutally beat police officers,” Jeffries said Monday.
