It was just six weeks ago that Democrats celebrated No Kings Day. At the time it seemed like a puerile demonstration of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Of course, there should be no kings in America, but no one in the MAGA movement was seriously arguing in favor of a despotic monarchy in the first place. Nor was blind loyalty to President Trump considered a requirement for those who want to Make America Great Again.

But since then, a number of things have happened which have put at risk the coalition which Trump built in 2015 and then pieced back together in 2024. And some of those things suggest that Trump didn’t get the message about no kings.

Everyone can make their own list, but here are a few of the most questionable moments in the Trump administration recently that suggest a royal lack of accountability:

We all know that Trump lives in the margins of civility, and that has been part of his political charm – telling the elites where to go. But at some point even MAGA supporters like myself have to ask whether there are limits.

If we all agree there should be no kings in America, we should also agree that there should be no blind loyalty to our leaders. They do need to be held to account whether in politics, media, or business.

Which brings me to Marjorie Taylor Greene, who broke with Trump on the matter of releasing the so-called Epstein files and other matters, and was subsequently exiled by Trump to the nether regions of Truth Social.

Inexplicably, Trump had been adamantly opposed to releasing Justice Department files about his former friend Jeffrey Epstein – a convicted sex offender – even though he promised during the 2024 campaign to turn them over if he were elected.

I wrote a column in September........

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