- Donald Trump tweeted a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote that riled up his political enemies on Twitter Saturday.
- The quote was: “When you strike at the King, you must kill him.”
- “YOU ARE NOT A KING” his critics howled back in a trending rebuke. But he is the king of trolling his opponents to tweet about him.
Donald Trump threw some fresh chum into the water to get his critics circling on Twitter Saturday morning. The president tweeted a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote from a New York Times analysis that read :
Ralph Waldo Emerson seemed to foresee the lesson of the Senate Impeachment Trial of President Trump. ‘When you strike at the King, Emerson famously said,’ you must kill him. ’ Trump’s foes struck at him but did not take him down.
Commenting on the Democrats ’failed impeachment effort, the Times’ political analyst concludes:
His acquittal in the Senate assured, the emboldened president will take his victory and grievance to the campaign trail, no longer worried about congressional constraint.
There’s little doubt Trump enjoyed being compared to a king in the newspaper of record:
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