Jake Nabel
New Yorker calls Trump "an honest-to-God demagogue of the classical model" http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/a-walk-in-rome-in-the-days-of-trump … Which ancient demagogue does he resemble?
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Strange to compare a guy who says NATO is a rip-off to the architect of the Sicilian expedition.
Walter Russell Mead
@JakeNabel Actually, Trump's NATO looks a lot like the Athenian Empire: protective alliance transformed into protection racket.
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@wrmead Athens benefited from its empire, or at least the Athenians thought so. Not sure Trump thinks we benefit from ours. -
@JakeNabel He would if our allies PAID us for it. That's is complaint, that they aren't paying enough for our protection.
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