What part of Schoolhouse Rock’s “No More Kings” did Donald Trump miss?

The President spent part of Saturday firing off some tweets that suggested that he may have paid attention in high school English class, even if he was clearly zoning-out during American History.

On the one hand, he quoted essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, a central figure of the mid-19th century transcendentalist movement. On the other he referred to himself, the leader of United States, which is a democracy, as a King.

A follow-up tweet, however, clarified things a bit. No, Trump is not spending his off hours ‘neath a tree beside the Potomac catching up on Self-Reliance or The Over-Soul. He was merely quoting an article from New York Times White House correspondent Peter Baker.

“‘When you strike at the King, Emerson famously said, “you must kill him,’” Trump cherry-picked from the Times article. The same article about the President with a title that begins "While Stained in History..."

The Emerson line has cycled down through the ages, perhaps best known to lovers of Peak TV from Michael K. Williams' character Omar on The Wire. The newer version goes "you come at the King, you best not miss."

If this is what Trump was shooting for, he must not have watched all the way to episode eight of season five.

The tweets received an abundant amount of criticism, some of which noted how Trump went out of his way to capitalize the word "King."

Christine Pelosi, author and daughter of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, offered some Emersonian wisdom of her own.

Others (over 18,600 and counting) responded with various memes, pics and interjections, a high amount even by Trump standards. The American voters didn't sit through 10th grade English not to have an opinion on this.