Horror author Stephen King is facing backlash online Monday for a post tearing into President Donald Trump’s personal life, including a line claiming that Trump has no children.”Trump: has never had a child. Has been married 3 times. Ran several businesses into the ground. Never ran a home, couldn’t make a bed to save his a–. Calls people he works with dumb, losers, ect. Has never done sweat labor. Has never served on a local committee,” King said in a post to X.”[He] has no life experience,” King added.The post immediately began drawing criticism from accounts like Libs of TikTok.TRUMP TEARS INTO ‘AVERAGE GUY’ GEORGE CLOONEY WHO ‘COMPLAINED, CONSTANTLY, ABOUT COMMON SENSE IN POLITICS'”Trump literally has 5 kids. What is this sh–?” Libs of TikTok posted on X.”Um… I’m pretty sure Donald Trump had children,” 1776 Project PAC founder Ryan Girdusky posted on X.”Is there a 25th Amendment for taking peoples’ phones away?” Conservative writer Bonchie wrote on X.”Donald Trump, famously childless,” conservative reporter Jerry Dunleavy jokingly wrote on X.King’s comments come as Trump, who is the father of five children and is in his second presidential term, is set to address the country on Tuesday evening in the 2026 State of the Union, a report to Congress on the administration’s work.King’s remarks mirror similar social media comments made about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., a prominent progressive member of the House of Representatives, on Saturday.In a tweet put up by an account called “Stacy is Right,” a self-described MAGA mother…
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