Takes “gifts” for favors (political and personal). ❔
Pardons whomever he pleases. ❌
Has his friends and family ingrained in government. ❔
Holds a court of sycophants. ❔
Plans to stay in power indefinitely. ✔️
Meddles with election results. ❌
Tells the people his appointment is an act of God.❔
Will choose/appoint his successor upon his death. ❌
Denies words of the leader of the Catholic church, as if he stands above them. ❌
Renames landmarks and architecture after himself. ❌
Refuses to be (de-?)elected out of office. ✔️
Has his own armed forces outside of a standing army. ❌
Out of that list I’d say 2 apply (but they’re really the same thing), 4 are maybes, and 9 don’t apply to King Charles. He has very little real power. Influence, maybe, but the royals have a policy of never speaking on political topics.
You haven’t got a king in the US. You’ve got a dictator.
Even the British King only scores 10/15 on that list. Maybe Trump wants to be an Ayatollah instead of a King.
Out of that list I’d say 2 apply (but they’re really the same thing), 4 are maybes, and 9 don’t apply to King Charles. He has very little real power. Influence, maybe, but the royals have a policy of never speaking on political topics.
You haven’t got a king in the US. You’ve got a dictator.