Jon Stewart assesses whether or not Trump qualifies as a 'king'

"The ironic part about Republicans complaining that he is being dubbed a king is that in their minds, he has already surpassed that title anyway."
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With "No Kings" protests attracting millions of people across major U.S. cities on the weekend, Jon Stewart takes a moment on The Daily Show to assess how close Donald Trump is to actually qualifying as a king.

Donning a grey old-timey wig ("There's no difference in color," Stewart laments when putting it on) and producing a prop scroll of the Declaration of Independence, the host quickly uses examples of the president sending in "standing armies" and exciting "domestic insurrections amongst us" to assess how much of a king he is.

"Look, maybe Trump isn't an all-powerful king, the kind that can do whatever he wants, but he's undeniably king adjascent, king-esque, moving for more. He's the imitation crab of kings right now, the I can't believe it's not king," Stewart concludes. "And the ironic part about Republicans complaining that he is being dubbed a king is that in their minds, he has already surpassed that title anyway."

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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