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That Guy 888

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6. I've been thinking of him as an almost Roman emporor

Reply to Gregorian (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:19 AM

Feb 2016

Specifically Crassus: part of the First Triumvirate, the "richest man in Rome" who made all of his money through real estate. If tRump hires blackwater mercs to be his legions to take out isis, then history might really come close to repeating itself.

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