WE ARE THE SOVEREIGN

We Are the Sovereign: A Republic, Not a Kingdom

There is only one true sovereign in this nation: We the People.

That was the defining break with monarchy in 1776. The Declaration of Independence wasn’t just a list of grievances but a revolution of sovereignty. It declared that the government does not derive its power from kings or elites, but from the consent of the governed. And in the Constitution, that idea became law: power flows from the people upward, not from a ruler downward.

We are the sovereign. You. Me. All of us together, not ruled, but self-governing.

But today, we are under siege.
Not from a foreign king.
But from a homegrown pretender to the throne.

Donald Trump and his minions have tried to hijack the sovereignty that belongs to us all. They do not serve the people. They serve only him. They do not represent a republic. They represent a cult. They have pledged not to the Constitution, but to a man. And in doing so, they have betrayed the very foundation of this country.

They act as if Trump is the sovereign, as if he holds the crown, and they are his court. They do not criticize him, question him, or check his power. They submit. They surrender their own agency, duty, and patriotism to stay in his favor.

But that is not American. That is monarchism in disguise.

This is not a clash between right and left, red and blue.
This is a clash between constitutional sovereignty and personal dictatorship.

Trump and his supporters are trying to invent a new sovereignty, one where power is inherited, not earned. One where laws serve rulers, not citizens. One where dissent is punished, and loyalty to a single man replaces loyalty to the republic.

But there is no such sovereignty in America. The only legitimate sovereign recognized by our founding documents, our democratic principles, and the blood shed in their defense is the people.

We are the sovereign. Not Trump. Not Congress. Not the Court.

And because we are the sovereign, we are also the guardians.
It is on us to stop the creeping return of monarchy in red hats and gold towers.
We must remind our fellow citizens that the flag does not belong to a party.
Again, it is on us to declare that this nation belongs to all of us, not to one of us.

We are not subjects.
We are not pawns.
We are not loyalists to a would-be king.

We are citizens of a republic, and we are the sovereign.

Let no one forget it. And let no one take it from us without a fight.

William James Spriggs