I'm not addressing whatever policy was changed here. I don't care, and it isn't the problem.

The problem is, very clearly, that our President is declaring himself a King. The hallmark of a King, or any monarch, is absolute ruling power. His actions have spoken well enough for themselves, but posting "LONG LIVE THE KING" from the official White House account, with a graphic depicting him in a crown (and an accompanying, identical caption), cannot possibly be interpreted any other way except in bad faith.

> It's true the President should not refer to himself as king, even as a joke.

He's not joking, he's testing the waters. He's seeing how far he can push his power and rhetoric before he faces concrete consequences.

Remember when he blamed Ukraine for being invaded? I do.

Let’s call it “trumpism” then. And his supporters and enablers “trumpis”.

It’s not really “better” but at least, it’s specific to what he does.