Trump Attempting to Be an ‘Emperor,’ Chile President Boric Says

Donald Trump arrives to his presidential inauguration on Jan. 20.Photographer: Kenny Holston/The New York Times
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Chile’s leftist President Gabriel Boric slammed Donald Trump as a pretend emperor on Wednesday, just hours ahead of the US head of state’s expected announcement on trade tariffs.

Speaking on official visit in India, Boric said that at Trump’s inauguration, billionaires such as Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk were “paying homage to someone who seems to pretend to be a new emperor.”