What historical figure is Trump most like?

[SocialDemocrat61]

64 votes, 5 passes | Time left: Time expired
	Emperor Nero
	3 (5%)
	King Henry VIII
	2 (3%)
	King George III
	0 (0%)
	Czar Nicholas II
	1 (2%)
	Adolph Hitler
	8 (13%)
	Benito Mussolini
	43 (67%)
	Richard Nixon
	1 (2%)
	He's in a class by himself
	6 (9%)
	5 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[C_U_L8R]

1. Bozo the Clown

[surfered]

7. Excellent!

[SocialDemocrat61]

11. More Ronald McDonald

They both love Big Macs lol

[The Blue Flower]

2. Stalin

[uponit7771]

3. Kaiser Whilhem III, Part of the reason France was hard on Germany was Whilhelms stupidity

[Jit423]

4. Caligula

[Horse with no Name]

6. I came here to say this. N/t

[Horse with no Name]

8. For those not familiar

Caligula is most known for his cruelty and madness which he exhibited through the harsh taxes he levied on his citizens, the execution of senators whom he deemed untrustworthy, and other violent and excessive behaviors.

[Ocelot II]

28. Me, too.

[DinahMoeHum]

10. Famous line attributed to him. . .

Oderint dum metuant

Let them hate, provided they fear.

[Dulcinea]

16. You beat me to it. nt

[Blue_Tires]

17. Good one...

[claudette]

5. Satan

[EarthFirst]

9. Jim Jones x Benito Mussolini

[Septua]

12. I voted Hitler because...

..I don't really have any in depth knowledge of the others.

I don't consider Nixon as an eligible name on the list. Unlike Trump's narcissistic personality disorder, Nixon suffered suffered some sort of paranoia issue. I never got the impression he was a threat to democracy.

Trump and Hitler are very similar in that Hitler was and Trump is, mentally unstable...

[rampartd]

13. p t barnum

[Blue_Tires]

15. Papadopoulos

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There's some parallels between Greece 1967 and today... A foreign nation also completely subverted the Greek elections where the liberals were projected to win in a landslide; but ironically that foreign nation was the United States...😐

Papadopoulos was also known for his angry incoherent ranting speeches, and like Donnie had a voice that sounded worse than nails on a chalkboard:

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[Marthe48]

18. My great uncle had a coprolite

which is a petrified turd.

That's my choice

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. Nixon was a tragic figure.

He was a doting father. He also snuck out of the White House to talk to protesters at the Mall to see what made them tick. Can you imagine TSF doing that?

[moondust]

20. The Poseur?

He sure likes that pose.

[DFW]

22. Speak for yourself, John

DUH, of course I've heard of Commodus, and I'm sure I'm not alone. Don't sell the DU membership too short.

I'll bet the portrayal of him in the film "Gladiator" was close to the mark.

I'd still have to go with Caligula, however.

[Hugin]

24. Trump is a wannabe Caligula...

He’s more of a Commodus, if that.

A footnote in history. Soon to be washed away by the tides of the real greats Mother Nature and the march of time.

[SocialDemocrat61]

30. Anyone who has seen Gladiator

has heard of Commodus. Please

[Hugin]

31. Apparently my attempt at humor was taken wrong.

I should know better than that on days such as today.

[SocialDemocrat61]

33. No It wasn't taken wrong

It just wasn’t funny.

[Hugin]

34. Not to you anyway. n/t

[SocialDemocrat61]

35. Or DFW

Judging from their response.

[struggle4progress]

23. Piltdown Man, the famous fraud

[JoseBalow]

25. Nicolae Ceausescu

I'm looking forward to the happy ending!

[Stargleamer]

26. Rush Limbaugh

he copied a lot from Limbaugh. He learned that you can get quite popular with some of the American electorate by being extremely cruel.

[Alephy]

27. Mobutu Sese Seko

[99MainSt]

29. Some of his facial expressions are reminiscent of Mussolini.

When he strikes the right pose, the resemblance to Mussolini is striking.

[JanMichael]

32. Pinochet or Salazar

[Retrograde]

36. One of the later, lesser Roman emperors

Nero at least had some musical ability, or so I hear. George III had his good points (founded the British Museum and Library IIRC) and wasn't nearly as bad as Jefferson painted him in the Declaration of Independence - and by that time the British monarch was well on the way to being a ceremonial position. Henry VIII started out OK, but some historians claim he suffered traumatic brain injury while jousting, which changed his behavior. Nicolas II was a weak, easily led ruler who believed he was chosen by God, so there's that. Mussolini comes the closest from what I know.

Given Donnie's passion for monuments to himself, I'd add Trujillo of the Dominican Republic to the list.

[Dem4life1234]

37. Nobody better say Idi Amin

Amin was actually smart, saw through colonialism, and had a sense of humor. Definitely not like the orange creature.

He reminds me of Caligula, no principles and a bit of Mussolini with those stupid ass facial expressions and pettiness.

[Blue Full Moon]

38. Muskrat is Hitler

[Bernardo de La Paz]

39. Herbert Hoover is not on the list. . . . . nt

[Resistance1]

40. Humpty Dumpty