Yet, many Trump supporters liked the controversial post, with one writing: “He looks good in a crown, definitely should get one.”

“Looks like someone’s feeling royal today! The crown emoji is practically mandatory right now,” another replied.

A third commented: “I VOTED FOR THIS!”

New US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told New York Governor Kathy Hochul that he would be rescinding approval of the program, calling it a ‘slap in the face to working class Americans’.

“Commuters using the highway system to enter New York City have already financed the construction and improvement of these highways through the payment of gas taxes and other taxes,” he remarked.

“The toll program leaves drivers without any free highway alternative, and instead, takes more money from working people to pay for a transit system and not highways. It’s backwards and unfair.”

Gov Hochul has since responded, claiming the state hasn’t ‘laboured under a King in over 250 years’.

“We sure as hell are not going to start now. In case you don’t know New Yorkers, we’re going to fight. We do not back down, not now, not ever,” she said.

New York officials have also vowed to ‘fight’ the Trump administration in order to bring the proposed $9 (£7.15) toll into play.

According to reports from the BBC, the congestion charge will affect all vehicles entering Manhattan between 60th Street and the southern tip of the island in the Financial District between 5am and 9pm on weekdays and from 9am-9pm on weekends, .

Transportation officials argue that the program would help first responders reach emergencies quicker and that money raised from the tolls would help fund a regeneration of the New York subway system.