A fondness for regal themes was apparent as the president applauded his administration’s move to kill congestion pricing in New York.

CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!” posted President Donald Trump this Wednesday on Truth Social. In the days since, the comment has garnered backlash.

President Donald Trump has increasingly embraced monarchical imagery, as he continues his drastic moves to remake the federal government in his image. “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED,” Trump wrote Wednesday on Truth Social, the social media site he owns. “LONG LIVE THE KING!”