{"id":46,"date":"2026-05-06T19:23:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unicorn-castle.org\/medievalisms\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2026-05-06T19:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:23:38","slug":"medievalism-government-human-rights-today","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/unicorn-castle.org\/medievalisms\/contents\/medievalism-government-and-human-rights\/medievalism-government-human-rights-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Medievalism, Government & Human Rights Today"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Carol L. Robinson
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First, from an article published in\u00a0The New York Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(February 19, 2025):<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Trump is famous for his love of everything gold and other trappings that connote royalty, whether it be\u00a0large military parades<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0extravagant inaugural balls.<\/a><\/p>\n

But in a\u00a0post<\/a>\u00a0on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday, Mr. Trump went a step further, likening himself to a king as he celebrated his administration\u2019s move to kill New York City\u2019s congestion pricing program.<\/p>\n

\u201cCONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED,\u201d he wrote. \u201cLONG LIVE THE KING!\u201d<\/p>\n

The White House then reinforced the message, recirculating it on Instagram and X with\u00a0an illustration<\/a>\u00a0of Mr. Trump wearing a crown on a magazine cover resembling Time, but called Trump.<\/p>\n

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Posted on\u00a0Truth Social<\/a>\u00a0(February 19, 2025)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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