Days after suggesting he is beyond the law, Donald Trump declares himself “king” after the administration urges to raise new tolls for Manhattan drivers to raise funds for the city’s aging mass transport system .
“Freight pricing is dead. Long live the king,” Trump wrote on “Social Truth” Wednesday, February 19.
The White House account X then shared his statement with a mock cover of Time magazine, which included a portrait of the president wearing a crown titled “Long Live the King.”
White House Vice President Taylor Budowich also shared an image of the AI-generated president wearing a crown and a cloak of rich people.
Transport Secretary Sean Duffy outlines the president’s objection to the first traffic congestion pricing plan in a letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, claiming federal officials will discuss with the state “Organized alcohol abstinence plan” fee operation. ”
Duffy called the plan “backward and unfair” and “faced a slap from working-class Americans and small business owners.”
“Public transportation is the lifeblood of New York City and is crucial to our economic future – as New Yorkers, like President Trump, know very well.”
Since the program was launched, New York’s vehicle congestion has “sharply declined, and commuters are working faster than ever before.”
“We are a legal country, not ruled by the king,” Hawkel said. “We meet in court.”
In another address to reporters on Wednesday, Hawkel said: “New York has never worked under the King for more than 250 years. We are sure hell won’t start now… If you don’t know New Yorkers, we will fight. We won’t back down, we will never, we will never.”
New York City Councilman Justin Brannan also condemned Trump’s statement and mentioned the Trump-appointed Justice Department, which ordered prosecutors to revoke its confrontation with the city’s mayor Eric Federal corruption case by Eric Adams.
“Your opinion on congestion pricing doesn’t matter, and the federal government didn’t make that decision. New York State passed a law, and USDOT approved it. What corrupt deal Donald Trump has reached with the mayor, he Not the king. Only fools admit false power. It’s a fantasy,” Brannan said.
Similarly, Virginia Democratic Representative Don Beyer wrote on X: “We don’t have a king in America.”
David Hogg, vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, wrote: “Republicans: Stop overreacting and call Trump the king. Literally, White House Twitter account: “When he reposted the tee Trump’s computer generated magazine photos.
Trump’s statement comes after his announcement that “those who save the country do not violate any law,” White House X account also shared this information, clearly endorsing the belief that the U.S. president cannot violate any law.
On Tuesday, February 18, the President (authorized Elon Musk to authorize federal agencies) while blocking funding approved by Congress and challenging major constitutional challenges in courts across the country – issued an executive order, by Assume that regulatory control over independent institutions is to consolidate power to consolidate power Congress no longer allows him to disagree with him.
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Administration sued Duffy and federal transport officials on Wednesday. 19, believes the Trump administration was illegal and “for blatant political reasons, it allegedly terminated the program, as Trump, who was detained at the time, declared that he would do the program during his first week of his tenure.”
“The government’s efforts to immediately and unilaterally overturn the decisions considered by the political branches (federal, state and city) are illegal and the court should declare them invalid and invalid,” the MTA lawyer argued.
If the court allows Trump to follow his threat, he will divest more than $15 billion of the MTA plan to spend a crucial upgrade on the city’s mass transportation system. Daily buses.
“It’s mysterious, four years and 4,000 pages federal oversight environmental review – just three months after final approval [program] – [the Transportation Department] “A complete reversal will be sought,” MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said in a statement.
New York City auditor-general Brad Lander said he was “shocked” by the president’s actions, calling it “an example of federal over-the-country over-the-country in the Trump administration.”
