“I don't feel like a king. I have to go through hell to get stuff approved,” Trump said in response to a reporter’s question in the White House right after he signed three resolutions overturning California’s mandate to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles and speed up the adoption of electric vehicles by 2035.

No, we’re not a king. We’re not a king at all," Trump said, switching to a way of speaking known as the “royal we.”