The White House is catching heat for a social media post that seemed tailor-made to provoke, the Hill reports. As King Charles III visited Washington on Tuesday, an official White House account shared a photo of the monarch with President Trump, captioned "TWO KINGS"—a phrase that collides directly with the "No Kings" slogan used by anti-Trump protesters. Trump himself recently brushed off any royal framing, telling 60 Minutes on Sunday, "I'm not a king, if I was a king, I wouldn't be dealing with you."
The post landed amid heightened tension over political rhetoric and violence. Trump has linked Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner to the "No Kings" movement, whose organizers say they're protesting what they view as his push to concentrate power. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday accused Democrats and some media figures of fueling a climate that legitimizes attacks on Trump and his supporters. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries rejected that charge, countering that Leavitt ignored inflammatory behavior by "MAGA extremists," including those who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Politico's take: While Trump saw two kings, "Charles saw something much different." In his address to Congress, the British monarch referenced the Magna Carta, the 1215 foundational charter that declared even kings must follow the law. As the Washington Post reports, while Charles is officially barred from participating in politics, his speech outlined a very different vision of America than the one Trump seems to be running, but lines like "Executive power is subject to checks and balances" from Charles got applause from both sides of the aisle.
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