Trump Tweet Makes Ralph Waldo Emerson Great Again
- Quotes poet’s ‘when you strike at a king, you must kill him’
- President continues victory lap after impeachment acquittal
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Donald Trump created a Twitter sensation by quoting a line from American poet and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson used in a recent New York Times article, which warned that “When you strike at a king, you must kill him.”
The president on Saturday slightly misquoted both the poet and the Feb. 1 article, by Times reporter Peter Baker, but went on to add that his recent impeachment trial was “The Greatest Witch Hunt in American History!”