Stephen King's Donald Trump Remark Takes Internet by Storm

Over the years Stephen King has proven he won't remain quiet when it comes to sharing his political opinions and now a comment he's made about Donald Trump has gone viral online.

Trump is set to go to trial on Monday after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged him last year with 34 counts of falsifying business records over alleged hush money payments to adult film actor Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.

His office has accused Trump of paying Daniels to prevent her from making public comments about her allegations of an affair with the former president, which he has denied.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has pleaded not guilty to all charges and has accused Bragg of targeting him for political purposes. Trump has sought to delay the case, but these efforts have thus far been unsuccessful. On Tuesday a judge rejected Trump's attempt to delay his upcoming trial and on Monday, another effort at delaying the case was shot down by Judge Lizbeth Gonzalez.

King generally isn't shy when it comes to sharing his thoughts online and now he has weighed in on these rulings on X, formerly Twitter.

"Donald Trump is finding out that although the wheels of justice may grind slow, they also grind exceedingly fine. Do the crime, do the time," he posted to the social media platform.

At the time of writing, it had been viewed 829,000 times and had over 4,000 comments.

Newsweek emailed spokespeople for King and Trump for comment Wednesday.

The critically acclaimed author's posts are often divisive, and social media users have responded to the author to express their disagreement.

"Your entire life is obsessing about Trump 24/7. He owns you," one person commented.

"All of the cases are nonsense. They have helped him to get stronger. Bring it on," said another.

A third commenter added: "Only a damn liberal lunatic would think it's Justice! Most Americans see it for what it is! Corrupt government interfering in an election, target, prosecute and punish is their M.O."

Other X users, however, supported King's statement.

"The biggest shock is the amount of votes he will lose in November. Justice always finds its way one way or another. Get out and vote folks in November," someone else wrote.

"Yeah. Good observation. Most Americans feel justice is prevailing these days. Spot on," said another.

This isn't the first time King has posted about Trump on social media, as it seems the author enjoys being critical of the former president.

He previously turned Fox News' ridicule of Joe Biden towards Trump. The horror author watched the network's The Five in March, in which one of the hosts referred to Biden as "Old Yeller." They went on to discuss that the president's reelection team will be spending $30 million on an ad buy as he moves quickly into the U.S. general election campaign.

The hosts also used the segment to criticize 81-year-old Biden's history of making verbal gaffes during public appearances, which is a sticking point for Republican voters.

However, King took issue with the coverage. "The Five on Fox News is calling Biden Old Yeller. Right nickname, wrong candidate. Trump is the one who thinks he's running against Obama," he posted to X.

King's post refers to Trump, 77, having repeatedly referred to former President Barack Obama as the current U.S. president while on the campaign trail. However, Trump insists that calling Biden "Obama" isn't a blunder at all. In a post he shared to Truth Social in November 2023, the former president said he does it "sarcastically" as believes Obama is running things behind the scenes.

King has previously said that he joined the Democratic Party in 1970, and he has been an outspoken critic of the former president since before Trump was elected in 2016.

On May 24, 2016, King was one of 450 writers to sign an open letter opposing Trump's candidacy, with the author supporting Hillary Clinton's campaign.