From Presidents to Monarchs? Imagining the Founding Fathers’ Reaction to ‘King’ Trump

A recent tweet from the White House featuring President Donald Trump crowned and labeled “Long live the king” has ignited considerable outrage across the nation. The U.S. was founded on breaking free from King George III’s despotism.In his inaugural Zeteo video, Frank Cappello humorously questions why, after 250 years of democratic governance, Trump and his supporters might yearn for a regression to monarchy. He examines the implications of the ‘Unitary Executive Theory’ and the anti-democratic ‘Dark Enlightenment’ phenomena. Cappello, a senior producer for Zeteo’s podcast ‘We’re Not Kidding,’ is also a comedic writer.