New Yorker calls Trump "an honest-to-God demagogue of the classical model"
newyorker.com/news/daily-com
Which ancient demagogue does he resemble?
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Cleon? Alcibiades? Whatever else he is, Trump is a nationalist, not an imperialist.
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Strange to compare a guy who says NATO is a rip-off to the architect of the Sicilian expedition.
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Actually, Trump's NATO looks a lot like the Athenian Empire: protective alliance transformed into protection racket.
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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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