Madonna has shared her latest thoughts on the current activities of U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Queen of Pop’s latest comments on Trump came following a controversial post from the official White House X account on Wednesday (Feb. 19). Sharing a fake Time magazine cover, the title was altered to feature Trump’s name, while a caption reading “long live the king” appeared above a smiling of the President, adorned with a crown.
The post, which was shared after his administration ordered New York to end congestion pricing, was also accompanied by a quote attributed to Trump, “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING.”
Understandably, the post drew swift criticism from those who recognized the irony of the White House’s reference to Trump as a monarch, given the very circumstances upon which America was first founded. Madonna was one of those very people, who took to her Instagram Stories on Thursday (Feb. 20) to criticize the post.
“I thought this country was built by Europeans, escaping living under the rule of a King, to establish a New World governed by the people,” she wrote. “Currently, we have a president who calls himself our King. If this is a joke, I’m not laughing.”
This is far from the first time that Madonna has responded negatively to actions from the Trump administration. Following Trump’s first inauguration in Jan. 2017, the musician addressed a crowd of over 500,000 women and men at the Women’s March on Washington, with her expletive-laden speech airing uncensored on C-Span, CNN and MSNBC.
“Welcome to the revolution of love, to the rebellion, to our refusal as women to accept this new age of tyranny, where not just women are in danger but all marginalized people, where being uniquely different right now might truly be considered a crime,” she told the gathered masses. “It took this horrific moment of darkness to wake us the f— up.”
More recently, Madonna responded to Trump’s myriad executive orders eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion positions within government branches and agencies, and numerous orders repealing protections for LGBTQIA+ individuals and members of other marginalized communities.
“It’s so sad to watch our new Government slowly dismantling all the Freedoms we have been fighting for and WON over the years,” she wrote, accompanying her post with a pride flag and a broken heart emoji. “Don’t give up the Fight!”
