Trump will go down in history as a tragic figure

[Joe Nation]

As he so richly deserves. No matter the twists and turns that have yet to play out, he is destined to be remembered as the loser he always was and always will be. Thoughts and prayers. Not really.

[hatrack]

1. Not so sure about "tragic" . . .

"Tragic" is Sophocles or Shakespeare or Eugene O'Neill.

TSF is more like the protagonist in a flat-out evil farce, in which he's like Zero Mostel, but without talent or empathy.

[Turbineguy]

2. I hope he goes down soon.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. No. He'll go down as a loser. Not even remotely tragic.

Sheesh.

[Drum]

4. Like Oedipus, let him put out his eyes, and wander the land as a tortured wretch.

In other words “to the pain”:

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[Hekate]

13. Ah yes, with his faithful daughter taking care of him

[Johonny]

5. The Tragedy of Mac Butt

[karynnj]

6. Not tragic, but pathetic

I think tragic implies someone who started with noble goals, but both compromised his values and then failed.

[bdamomma]

10. and

pathological too.

[Kennah]

7. Trump is about as tragic as Hitler or any other despot

[PortTack]

15. Benito comes to mind

[Kennah]

16. There was a YouTube video that shows Benito and TFG gesticulations before crowds. Trump studied.

[Captain Zero]

8. He will go down as a molester and business fraud.

nt

[marble falls]

9. He's tragic, all right. But not in that way.

[Tom Kitten]

11. Like Joe Pesci in Goodfellas

Might be a shock at first, but then what a relief, good, glad he's gone; the only ones with sorrow a fellow mobster or two, until the next grift comes along.

[Hekate]

12. The Trumps have never risen to any height of actual greatness that would qualify their fall as "tragedy"

They are and always have been simply grubby. Rich — but grubby.

[doc03]

14. It depends on who writes the history nt