Trumpin’ the jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

Posted Jun 5, 2022, 12:26 pm

It’s the queen’s 70th year as the monarch of the United Kingdom. She
is also the monarch and head of state of 14 Commonwealth realms, such as
Canada, Jamaica, Belize, New Zealand, etc. Queen Elizabeth II is the
longest-reigning monarch in English history. Queen Victoria is second
with a 63-year reign from 1837 to 1901. We’ll never see a British
monarch with a reign this long again, at least not in our
lifetimes…probably.

The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, as most of the
monarch’s functions are ceremonial, diplomatic, and representational.
The Queen does appoint the prime minister and summons, prorogues, and
dissolves Parliament. These duties are non-partisan and mostly
ceremonial.

Prime Minister Harold Wilson (The Beatles mentioned him in “Tax Man”)
requested Queen Elizabeth to dissolve Parliament in 1974 when he
couldn’t form a coalition among the several parties to form a government
(they are not simply a two-party government as we are). The queen
obliged and new elections were held. In theory, the queen can dismiss
the prime minister, but a monarch hasn’t done so since 1834 when King
William IV told Lord Melbourne to get out of town (and he came back).

There are people in the United States who wish we had a monarchy,
even though our Constitution strongly forbids it. Some envision a
monarch who is head of state, like European monarchs who are
non-partisan. Others believe we already have a monarch, a king, who’s
been unjustly dismissed and robbed of his rule. These people confuse
monarchy with fascism.

The people who believe Trump won the election he lost, and have zero
proof to prove it, want a fascist leader who isn’t elected or even
appointed, but one who takes leadership in a coup. They demand that he
be reinstated, which is not constitutional. They wanted the
certification of our current president’s victory halted, which is also
unconstitutional. They wanted alternative electors to appoint Donald
Trump to the presidency, which is another thing that’s unconstitutional.

Donald Trump believes he is king. He believes simple acts such as not
applauding for him amount to treason. Ivanka Trump believes she is a
princess and the Trumps are a royal family. This family believes laws
should not apply to them. Their associates use their closeness to Trump
to argue that laws shouldn’t apply to them. These self-proclaimed royals
believe something becomes fact when they say it is.

Donald Trump campaigns against people for being disloyal, not to the
Constitution, but to him personally. The most damaging accusation
against a Republican today is being deemed insufficiently loyal to
Donald Trump.

Trumpers want a fascist monarchy. Have you seen those idiots at the
hate rallies wearing T-shirts of the Trump line of succession?
Basically, they want every Trump to have a turn at the presidency if
we’re still going to call it “presidency.”

Congratulations to the queen on her 70 years as monarch. And congratulations to us for ending our fascist monarchy at four.