Stephen King
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Stephen King has already expressed strong criticism of Donald Trump in the past. Now he is once again drawing the ire of “Make America Great Again” supporters. In a recent post on X, the horror author writes simply: “Worst. President. Of all time.” The tweet has so far received more than 10.7 million views.
With this remark he divided the X community. While Trump supporters, like Canadian songwriter David Foster, defend the former president by calling the “It” author “Worst. Author. Of all time.”, King also receives some support. One user writes: “I couldn’t have said it better, Mr. King!” “If you ever wrote a novel in which a fraudulent ex-president meets an untimely and absolutely cruel end in a run-down old golf resort in Florida, you would “I should buy the first edition,” suggests another X user.
It is the second swipe at Trump that Stephen King has published on X this month. On September 17th, he juxtaposed a photo of current US President Joe Biden with a picture of Trump. As the 80-year-old Biden rides a bicycle, smiling and waving, the other photo shows the Republican in a golf cart while wearing a “Make America Great Again” cap. Stephen King writes below: “Biden looks pretty good. The guy on the right is your typical Great American Manslob.”
The author has been part of the Democratic Party since 1970. King has long criticized the former president’s actions. So he didn’t miss his comments, which alluded to Trump’s naivety towards North Korean leader Kim Jong Un or the absurdity of his “vanity project” – the construction of a border wall. Criticism of Trump also often appears in the 76-year-old’s novels, most recently in “Holly.” Current President Joe Biden, on the other hand, receives support from the “Shining” creator.