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NO KINGS!
The USA was founded in rebellion from and in opposition to monarchy. The Constitution's framers made our head of state an elected position of limited and checked authority. When George Washington was first elected President, someone asked if he should be addressed as "Your Majesty" (in the style of European monarchs); Washington replied certainly not, he should be addressed simply as "Mister President".
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For reasons such as these, critics, satirists, and cartoonists have long known that one of the greatest insults they can throw at a US President is to compare him to a king. Depicting them with a crown on their head concisely conveys that they are abusing their power, are unfit for office, have delusions of grandeur, and are inherently un-American.

1833 caricature of Andrew Jackson as a king; artist unidentified.

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A few of many historic examples of US Presidents insultingly caricatured as kings.

1868 caricature of Andrew Johnson as King Richard III, by Thomas Nast.

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The Coronation of William McKinley, 1896 chromolithograph cartoon by Louis Dalrymple.

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Another of many historic examples of US Presidents insultingly caricatured as kings:

1972 caricature of Richard Nixon as King Canute, by Paul Francis Conrad.

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From 2020: The President as King: A Political Cartoon History, Carl Anthony Online

https://carlanthonyonline.com/2020/01/28/the-president-as-king-a-political-cartoon-history/

The President as King: A Political Cartoon History - Carl Anthony Online

George Washington made it clear he didn't want to be treated, addressed or in any other way thought of as a King. He was the President of a democracy. And although regal in his public demeanor, he took no actions that smacked of monarchy or usurping the constitutional boundaries of the executive branch. His immediate

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