No Kings? Meet King Don and King John – Part 2 of 3 By Peter Costantini Copyright 2026 © IPS - Inter Press Service -- +++

https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/04/no-kings-meet-king-don-and-king-john-part-2-of-3/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Clean_Energy_Digital_Technologies_Are_Coming_at_a_Human_Cost_UN_Report_Warns_Pacific_Islanders_Comba SEATTLE. USA, Apr 24 2026 (IPS) - This is the second part of a three-part commentary. Read Part 1: No Kings? Meet King Don and King John – Part 1 of 3 to start from the beginning. Part 3 of 3 Copyright 2026 © IPS - Inter Press Service -- No Kings? Meet King Don and King John – Part 1 of 3 By Peter Costantini SEATTLE. USA, Apr 23 2026 (IPS) - This is the first part of a three-part commentary. Read Part 2: No Kings? Meet King Don and King John – Part 2 of 3, Part 3 of 3 After Donald Trump’s second election as president in November 2024, he said coyly that he wanted to be a dictator … but just for a day. On his first day in office, his sharpie signed an impressive pile of presidential orders, many of dubious legality. The next day he continued to govern like a DIY duce. He has not stopped since. https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/04/no-kings-meet-king-don-and-king-john-part-1-of-3/ Copyright 2026 © IPS - Inter Press Service -- No Kings? Meet King Don and King John – Part 3 of 3 By Peter Costantini SEATTLE. USA, Apr 27 2026 (IPS) - This is the third part of a three-part commentary. Read Part 1: No Kings? Meet King Don and King John – Part 1 of 3, Part 2 of 3 Whose head? In foreign relations, as in immigration, King Don the Con appears to be channeling King John the Bad and often surpassing him. However, our wannabe monarch should consider one more exemplar, this one fictitious: Lewis Carroll’s Red Queen could be another spiritual ancestor of the Golden Emperor. After all, his Bling Dynasty has been a creature of fiction more than fact. https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/04/no-kings-meet-king-don-and-king-john-part-3-of-3/ Copyright 2026 © IPS - Inter Press Service --