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Let Them Eat Steak

When Trump doesn't think he's a king, guess what he imagines he is.

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Bernard Goldberg
Nov 17, 2025
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You don’t have to be a progressive who loathes Donald Trump to think the man has, at times, confused the presidency with a monarchy. You can admire his policies, dislike the alternative, and still admit that sometimes he acts less like a democratically elected leader and more like someone who believes he inherited the job through divine right.

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