King Biden

About

King Biden is a nickname for United States President Joe Biden given after the Supreme Court 2024 Presidential Immunity Ruling, which granted broad immunity to former President Donald Trump and other presidents from prosecution. Online, netizens shared Photoshop edits of Biden wearing a crown and jokes about acting like he is a monarch ruling over the U.S.

Origin

On July 1st, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling determining that presidential immunity extends to all of the president's official acts. In response to the decision, President Joe Biden delivered a primetime address saying the presidential immunity set a "dangerous precedent" that could turn presidents into kings.^[1]

Shortly after Biden's speech, X^[2] user @AuntSassyAss shared an AI-generated image of Joe Biden as a king wearing a golden crown (seen below). The image is accompanied by the caption "Hail King Biden 🤴 banish the orange felon from our land." The post received over 8,400 likes and 2,200 reposts in two days.

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Jokes about "King Biden" were popularized over the following days on Twitter / X in which people acted as if Biden was a monarch ruling over the U.S.

For example, on July 1st, 2024, X^[3] user @Tired_Nonsense_ posted a GIF of Joe Biden wearing sunglasses captioning it, "Well, it looks like SCOTUS wants presidents to be kings. OK, King Biden, let's roll and fix this country." The post received over 300,000 views and 1,600 reposts in two days (seen below).

Well, it looks like SCOTUS wants presidents to be kings. OK, King Biden, let's roll on these motherfuckers and fix this country.#KingBiden#RepublicansCantGovern pic.twitter.com/0hwDwajt2R

— Tired of a corrupt SCOTUS (@Tired_Nonsense_) July 1, 2024

On July 1st, 2024, X^[4] user @David_Leavitt posted a version of the Distracted Boyfriend meme labeling the boyfriend as "SCOTUS" looking at King George (seen below). The post amassed more than 1,900 likes and 333 reposts in two days.

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