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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 23 May 2020

      This is a good Memorial Day to remember that people like Victor Davis Hanson and various other Trumpers have compared Trump to heroes like George Patton.

      102 replies 140 retweets 948 likes
    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 23 May 2020
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom

      Patton was a great general, but would probably have been a terrible president.

      11 replies 1 retweet 45 likes
    3. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 23 May 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank

      I'm not the guy making the comparison. I think Patton (to judge from D'Este book) is, um, problematic in a lot of ways, but Trump and Patton are not from the same universe of men.

      6 replies 1 retweet 53 likes
    4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 23 May 2020
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom

      Truth. I really think the closest historical figure to Trump is Kaiser Wilhelm II.

      6 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
    5. Brian Rosenwald‏ @brianros1 23 May 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank @RadioFreeTom

      I vote Andrew Johnson.

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    6. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 23 May 2020
      Replying to @brianros1 @RadioFreeTom

      Nah. Johnson was, for all his many flaws (racism being the obvious one, as well as being consumed by his resentments more broadly), an immensely tough, brave & stubborn man of principle. Had Lincoln lived, we'd remember Johnson as a hero.

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    7. Brian Rosenwald‏ @brianros1 23 May 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank @RadioFreeTom

      In so much as you’re saying it’s hard to be as virtueless as Trump, I’ll stipulate to that.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    8. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 23 May 2020
      Replying to @brianros1 @baseballcrank

      Both Wilhelm and Johnson were louts, but neither can approach Trump's level of pure, empty stupidity. Each of them read at least one book.

      2 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 23 May 2020
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @brianros1

      So much about Wilhelm's personality was the same as Trump's. He wasn't a tyrant, but he was a buffoon, obsessed with image & publicity, impulsive, apt to pick up strange ideas & run with them.

      5:10 PM - 23 May 2020
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        1. Larry‏ @0311OpEssexman 23 May 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @RadioFreeTom @brianros1

          That's Trump to a "T", so Wilhelm it is.

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