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Since returning to office in January 2025, Trump has nominated one of his to serve as , ordered the to pursue his political enemies, to the nation's second largest city and to and his family.

He has demanded that comedians who mock him , has slapped his name on the , has pushed to of , has filed lawsuits whose coverage he disliked and has sued his own government in taxpayer money.

With the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding fast approaching, Trump鈥檚 own celebrations the bipartisan, congressionally authorized commission that was supposed to coordinate events commemorating the moment. He plans to for what he calls a 鈥淭rump rally.鈥�

The president's actions have led to comparisons with King George III, the British monarch whose rule inspired the American Revolution. It is a parallel Trump himself rejects.

鈥淚鈥檓 not a king,鈥� he told CBS' 鈥�60 Minutes鈥� earlier this year. 鈥淚f I was a king, I wouldn鈥檛 be dealing with you.鈥�

Past presidents have been branded as imperial, but Trump stands out

There is a long American political traditional of opponents reviling presidents as kings. But Julian Zelizer, a Princeton University historian, said the label fits differently on Trump.

鈥淚t鈥檚 more about how he imagines who is he and what the presidency is,鈥� Zelizer said. 鈥淲e're celebrating founding principles, and that was a driving issue 鈥� fears of how a centralized power can be corrupted. And here we are again.鈥�

When King Charles III this year, the official White House X account posted an image of the two men with the caption 鈥淭WO KINGS.鈥� At the start of his second term, Trump declared he had ended a New York City transportation program and posted: 鈥淟ONG LIVE THE KING.鈥� The posts also seemed to indicate a willingness to leverage the label and the reaction it provokes in his critics.

It is no coincidence that the in Trump's second term adopted the slogan 鈥淣o Kings.鈥� Ezra Levin of Indivisible said activists were thinking ahead to 2026 and the America 250 celebration when they chose the label.

鈥淚t looks like the same kind of tyranny we were rebelling against 250 years ago, the type of domination of Americans by a secret police force that's murdering people in the streets like in Minneapolis this year and in Boston in 1770,鈥� Levin said, referring to demonstrations against the administration's immigration crackdown that led to the of this year by federal officers.

When asked for comment, the White House referred to Trump's own statements about his use of executive power. The president has weighed in multiple times about his maximalist approach.

During his first term, he referred to Article II of the Constitution when in a youth summit, 鈥淚 have the right to do whatever I want as president," while declaring that it "gives me all of these rights at a level nobody has ever seen before.鈥� He told The New York Times in an interview this year that the only check on his global power was 鈥渕y own morality. My own mind. It鈥檚 the only thing that can stop me.鈥�

Yet he also has said that portrayals of his approach as authoritarian were wrong: 鈥淚'm not a dictator,鈥� . In response to a question about whether he was concentrating power in the presidency, Trump told Time in an interview last year, 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think so. I think I鈥檓 using it properly, and I鈥檓 also using it as per my election.鈥�

Supreme Court's conservative majority has enabled Trump's approach

With a deferential Republican-controlled Congress, courts have become the last check on Trump. The president has who have ruled against him, and his administration has .

Yet his quest to expand presidential power has been which has sided with Trump numerous times after lower court rulings hampered him.

In the middle of his 2024 campaign, the high court ruled that from prosecution. The decision derailed multiple investigations stemming from Trump's first term, including one focused on the results of .

Trump has argued the courts cannot constrain the president on key issues, including his claims that he has the of independent agencies. The most notorious example was in 2024, when a judge asked during the immunity case whether a president could be prosecuted for ordering the assassination of a political rival. Trump's lawyer, D. John Sauer, answered with a 鈥渜ualified yes.鈥�

Sauer is now solicitor general, the administration official who oversees arguments before the high court. He has continued to insist that courts cannot review presidential acts.

鈥淥nce the President has made a determination 鈥� at that point, there鈥檚 no work for the reviewing court to do,鈥� Sauer said during Supreme Court arguments in a case over whether Trump could fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor.

But has allowed Cook to while it considers the case. The majority also , finding that only Congress had that authority.

Such rulings demonstrate that presidential power does have its limits, said John Yoo, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

鈥淭he presidency today, even when colored by President Trump's worst excesses, is not a monarchy,鈥� he said.

Trump uses the presidency to enrich himself and his family

Trump was the richest man to ever become president. During his first term, he was criticized for owning properties where foreign dignitaries and others hoping to curry his favor . The have escalated in his second term.

Trump before and after returning to office. By conservative estimates, one has pulled in $320 million this year alone, while another sold $550 million worth of tokens. A third received a $2 billion investment from a foreign wealth fund.

Trump took a new step earlier this year, filing against the IRS for the leak of his tax returns during his first term. His Department of Justice directed the IRS to settle the litigation to create a $1.776 billion fund to pay damages to people who claimed the federal government unfairly prosecuted them.

The administration pulled back the settlement amid an outcry from congressional Democrats and Republicans. But Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for Trump who is now acting attorney general, said at least remains 鈥� on the IRS auditing Trump.

Zelizer said Trump鈥檚 financial entanglements might be the most monarchical part of his administration.

鈥淲e have not seen a person who has a business operation of this scale and scope benefiting directly from the decisions he makes,鈥� Zelizer said.

Trump has used the government to pursue his enemies

The Justice Department's role in the IRS lawsuit is one example of how Trump has decreed that executive branch employees should act as .

In breaching what is supposed to be a firewall between the White House and Justice Department, Trump has demanded that federal prosecutors target his foes. In one social media post last year, he Pam Bondi, who was attorney general at the time, in pushing her to prosecute several of his political opponents: 鈥淛USTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!鈥� Trump wrote.

Indictments followed shortly after, including against former FBI Director and New York Attorney General , a Democrat. The charges against both eventually were dismissed, but the department under Blanche filed new charges against Comey.

The pursuit is not limited to Trump enemies of the past.

For his this month, the president hosted 鈥� a company he invested in 鈥� on the White House lawn. The event was broadcast on a network owned by the son of one of the president鈥檚 major donors. The spectacle drew a rebuke from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a persistent critic and potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender.

鈥淭he White House was built to serve the American people. Tonight it was used to promote a company the President owns stock in, sell subscriptions, promote corporate sponsors, push Trump crypto, and enrich the President and his family,鈥� Newsom wrote on X. 鈥淭he founders warned us about kings enriching themselves from public office.鈥�

Days later, that Trump鈥檚 Department of Justice was investigating him and his wife.

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Associated Press writers Lindsay Whitehurst and Fatima Hussein in Washington contributed to this report.