Trump wants to join the list of bloodthirsty dictators he calls 'great men'
Key takeaways
- And face it; we lost the war not achieving any of our stated objectives and paying a tremendous price in blood and treasure.
- In Regime Change, New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan reveal that Trump is possessed of an even grander delusion, that he may be the most powerful man in history.
- Trump began reading from the document, the authors write, reciting the names of some of the most bloodthirsty figures in history and explaining how each fell short of his own power as U.S. president.
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And face it; we lost the war not achieving any of our stated objectives and paying a tremendous price in blood and treasure.
In Regime Change, New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan reveal that Trump is possessed of an even grander delusion, that he may be the most powerful man in history. Interviewed by the reporters, he unveiled a document arguing he is more powerful than mass murderers Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon Bonaparte, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong and Adolf Hitler.
Trump began reading from the document, the authors write, reciting the names of some of the most bloodthirsty figures in history and explaining how each fell short of his own power as U.S. president. Does anyone have any idea of what James Madison would have thought about this?