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Rhiannon12866

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Thu Apr 30, 2026, 09:50 PM Thursday

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 Thursday OP
I team of 50 psychiatrists would be of no help bucolic_frolic Thursday #1
In Mary Trump's book, she said it would take a whole team of psychiatrists just to diagnose him! Rhiannon12866 Thursday #2
Is that right. I hadn't heard that. Thanks for the update /nt bucolic_frolic Thursday #3

bucolic_frolic

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1. I team of 50 psychiatrists would be of no help
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 09:55 PM
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I'd like to hear Trump tell us what he knows about Napoleon's life.

Rhiannon12866

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2. In Mary Trump's book, she said it would take a whole team of psychiatrists just to diagnose him!
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 09:58 PM
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