Stephen King sparked a fresh online stir after a social post that attacked President Donald Trump’s life and experience, including a line that wrongly claimed Trump has no children. The reaction was swift, with conservatives and commentators calling out the inaccuracies and mocking the claim, while others reminded readers of King’s long history of political commentary. The exchange also drew attention because King reshared content aimed at another public figure, drawing accusations of copying and piling on. This piece walks through the post, the pushback, and how it fits into a pattern of public blasts from a high-profile author.
The post at the center of the controversy packed a lot of sweeping judgments into one line and quickly caught fire online. “Trump: has never had a child. Has been married 3 times. Ran several businesses into the ground. Never ran a home, couldn’t make a bed to save his a–. Calls people he works with dumb, losers, ect. Has never done sweat labor. Has never served on a local committee,” King said
“[He] has no life experience,” King added, doubling down on a theme that critics say ignores basic facts. That blunt assessment was the line that most inflamed readers, since it directly contradicts plainly verifiable information about the president’s family and background.
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The post drew fast reactions from conservative accounts and personalities pointing out the factual flaws and the strange tone coming from a renowned writer. “Trump literally has 5 kids. What is this sh–?” Libs of TikTok posted on X. “Um… I’m pretty sure Donald Trump had children,” 1776 Project PAC founder Ryan Girdusky posted on X. “Is there a 25th Amendment for taking peoples’ phones away?” Conservative writer Bonchie wrote on X. “Donald Trump, famously childless,” conservative reporter Jerry Dunleavy jokingly wrote on X.
That pushback highlighted how off-base the post seemed to many observers, especially given Trump’s public family life and record. Trump is the father of five and is serving a second presidential term, and he was also preparing to address the nation at the annual State of the Union the following day. The timing made the claim look not just wrong but curiously detached from reality.
The episode also echoed another social-media swipe that King had reshared, one aimed at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that listed similar personal attacks and background criticisms before it was copied and reapplied to the president. put up by an account called “Stacy is Right,” a self-described MAGA mother of three, the author similarly disparaged elements of Ocasio-Cortez’s life and background. That earlier post mocked the Democrat for a lack of children, having never been married, never having run a business and never having had a “professional job.”
The AOC post and King’s reuse of its structure prompted accusations that he had simply lifted a template and repurposed it, which undercut his credibility as a writer in the eyes of some critics. “You literally plagiarized an entire post…which was about AOC… and then applied it to Trump…… for whom it isn’t true and doesn’t make any sense. Why are you plagiarizing? I thought you were a writer?” Matt Van Swol, a former Department of Energy nuclear scientist, posted on X. That rebuke stung because it called out both factual errors and lazy reuse.
This isn’t an isolated flare-up; King has repeatedly turned to social media to unload sharp political takes that draw headlines and heat. “Just wanted to say that Trump is a traitorous, Putin-loving dipsh–! Goes double for Elon!” King said in February 2025, a comment that showed his willingness to use blunt, incendiary language about top public figures. Those kinds of posts tend to rally his supporters while alienating wide swaths of the public who expect more nuance from cultural figures.
King has also made provocative historical comparisons and policy complaints that conservatives find over-the-top and historically inaccurate. “ICE is the American Gestapo,” King wrote, referring to the secret state police in Germany. “Trump is ruining the economy with his stupid tariffs,” King said in April. Lines like those feed the narrative that his political posts are more about provocation than careful argument.
As this backlash circles, the consistent theme from critics is that high-profile voices should stick to facts and avoid recycled campaigns of insult. Many observers saw the post as a sign of how polarized commentary has become: partisan digs rather than substantive critique. King’s office did not respond to requests for comment on the message behind his post, leaving the exchange to play out across social feeds and cable segments.
