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dixiegrrrrl

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9. Didja know, thre was yet another Trump like leader back in the day?

Reply to red dog 1 (Reply #7)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 04:57 PM

Dec 2018

One of Germany's Kaisers..I wanna say Wilhelm, but could be wrong, but around that era...
Had most of Trump's infantile dishonest qualities....very autocratic, very temperamental, wayyyy beyond the level of most regal heads of the day.
Sorry I can't recall the article, it was a few months ago.

Actually, compared to Trump, few autocrats DO seem that kooky.
Vlad...maybe vlad....

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Before Trump, there was this guy: [View all] dixiegrrrrl Dec 2018 OP

History repeats empedocles Dec 2018 #1

Ah yes. Turbineguy Dec 2018 #2

Fabulous post. Thanks! apcalc Dec 2018 #3

When you go back and read the early muckrakers, like Lewis, like Ida turnball dixiegrrrrl Dec 2018 #4

Fallows did a hit piece on Gore in the Atlantic before the 2000 election. gulliver Dec 2018 #5

Glad someone remembers Grokenstein Dec 2018 #6

Fallows isn't the only one writing about "It Can't Happen Here" red dog 1 Dec 2018 #8

From the 1935 Sinclair Lewis novel: red dog 1 Dec 2018 #7

Didja know, thre was yet another Trump like leader back in the day? dixiegrrrrl Dec 2018 #9

I think you're referring to Kaiser Wilhelm ll (1859-1941), Emperor of Germany, red dog 1 Dec 2018 #10

Thank you for brushing the dust bunnies from my brain. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2018 #11