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hatrack

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

Reply to Joe Nation (Original post)

Fri Feb 16, 2024, 10:39 PM

Feb 2024

"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.

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Trump will go down in history as a tragic figure [View all] Joe Nation Feb 2024 OP

Not so sure about "tragic" . . . hatrack Feb 2024 #1

I hope he goes down soon. Turbineguy Feb 2024 #2

No. He'll go down as a loser. Not even remotely tragic. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2024 #3

Like Oedipus, let him put out his eyes, and wander the land as a tortured wretch. Drum Feb 2024 #4

Ah yes, with his faithful daughter taking care of him Hekate Feb 2024 #13

The Tragedy of Mac Butt Johonny Feb 2024 #5

Not tragic, but pathetic karynnj Feb 2024 #6

and bdamomma Feb 2024 #10

Trump is about as tragic as Hitler or any other despot Kennah Feb 2024 #7

Benito comes to mind PortTack Feb 2024 #15

There was a YouTube video that shows Benito and TFG gesticulations before crowds. Trump studied. Kennah Feb 2024 #16

He will go down as a molester and business fraud. Captain Zero Feb 2024 #8

He's tragic, all right. But not in that way. marble falls Feb 2024 #9

Like Joe Pesci in Goodfellas Tom Kitten Feb 2024 #11

The Trumps have never risen to any height of actual greatness that would qualify their fall as "tragedy" Hekate Feb 2024 #12

It depends on who writes the history nt doc03 Feb 2024 #14