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Rhiannon12866

(258,091 posts) Thu Apr 30, 2026, 09:50 PM Apr 30

Trump's 'autocrat delusion': 'Wannabe emperor' 47 compares himself to Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Caesar - The Beat - MS NOW

The Atlantic reports that Trump allies say he's "begun thinking about himself less as a peer of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln," and more as an addition to the trifecta of "great men," Alexander the Great, Julius Cesar and Napoleon Bonaparte. MS NOW's Ayman Mohyeldin reports and is joined by The Atlantic's Ashley Parker. - Aired on 04/30/2026.

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Trump's 'autocrat delusion': 'Wannabe emperor' 47 compares himself to Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Caesar - The Beat - MS NOW (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Apr 30 OP

I team of 50 psychiatrists would be of no help bucolic_frolic Apr 30 #1

In Mary Trump's book, she said it would take a whole team of psychiatrists just to diagnose him! Rhiannon12866 Apr 30 #2

Is that right. I hadn't heard that. Thanks for the update /nt bucolic_frolic Apr 30 #3