No one is comparing Trump to former presidents like Reagan, Nixon or Jackson. Trump is being called a modern Nero. I am more partial to Commodus This is life in an age when the American political system jettisons the rule of law. Here is my latest. charlieangus.substack.com/p/american-c... - ThreadSky

charlieangus104.bsky.social • 2 days ago

No one is comparing Trump to former presidents like Reagan, Nixon or Jackson. Trump is being called a modern Nero.
I am more partial to Commodus
This is life in an age when the American political system jettisons the rule of law.
Here is my latest.
https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/american-caesar

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tazman1a.bsky.social•2 days ago

Where is Brutus when we need him?

anneski62.bsky.social•1 day ago

But now even the billionaires, the real power, are pissed off. I’ve no doubt they want a new gilded age, but Trump isn’t delivering that. Even Koch is calling him out publicly. Invoke the 25th and put Vance in. No one likes him. Or Johnson. Upside down world that the wealthy may help mitigate.

anorrinradd.bsky.social•2 days ago

sophiafhc.bsky.social•2 days ago

He is killing his relationship with allies but one thing I think about is this. As long as the US remains a member of NATO what will we do when he does something stupid, starts a war then calls for Article 5 when he starts getting his ass whooped? Considering the people he has installed in DOD /1

sophiafhc.bsky.social•2 days ago

this is not beyond the realm of possibility. He has already said loudly and proudly he would not help defend NATO members if the situation were reversed. Look at Ukraine and what he is doing there. So what do we do? Help the US and send them a bill? After all everything is transactional with him /2

sophiafhc.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm watching closely what is going on with Iran. The one saving grace is I believe there are countries in the area that would yank on his reins.

theicepirates.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump's checks bounce and his balances are below zero.

sablue52.bsky.social•2 days ago

Read up on Commodus. Totally agree this describes Trump. Maybe Narcissus will make an appearance. He was a wrestler-hmmm.

trifid73.bsky.social•2 days ago

Caligula is a better comparison.

A mad and unpredictable tyrant

He even planned to appoint his horse consul before he died, which is similar to Trump's Ass, JD Vance

pino-fotus.bsky.social•2 days ago

jasperacing.bsky.social•2 days ago

hey-nunya-business.bsky.social•1 day ago

I can't get over the fact that he seems actually oblivious to the fact she hates him.

I wonder if he has something on her.

kayiso64.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s all about the money.
We k ow she’s not even with him at the WH or Florida.

skwren.bsky.social•2 days ago

Bleh, no real life dictators. He’s Jabba the Hutt, a pathetic slug.

thesaxbygale.ca•2 days ago

Try Ludwig II of Bavaria

staceythomas.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/staceythomas.bsky.social/post/3lkhbss3f3c2k

pattystewartcan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maga brother gave me ‘history’ last night of Nixon & china blah blah. Fixated on china instead of human rights atrocities! Still drinking the kool aid!

uglygoose.bsky.social•2 days ago

Caligula is a more fitting comparison.

bande-1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hoping he goes out the same way!

jonathanleprof.com•1 day ago

As an history teacher, I agree! But if we want to really define Trump, we need to make an hybrid of Comodus, Caligula and Nero. The trifecta of Trump influences.

spacedentist.bsky.social•1 day ago

I also think of how Pol Pot's regime killed everyone deemed educated except for 0.01% because they still needed somone to fix the machines the rest of the enslaved population would work with to continue manufacturing.

speakeasy62.bsky.social•2 days ago

His “rules” have already caused Latino church services to drop. These are Latino Americans fearful of deportation from churches. When evangelicals persecute Christians for worship in a house of God, you have to question everything we stand for.

gratefuljim.bsky.social•2 days ago

Anybody know anyone with a passion for Jodie Foster?

gustapher.bsky.social•1 day ago

He fits into a Grimms’ fairy tale better than a Shakespeare play.

kazzanmz.bsky.social•1 day ago

There are many stupid people in this world but trump has mastered stupidity and he truly can say there is no on more stupid than himself in the world🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

wtsfan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Caligula?

rossfootball.bsky.social•2 days ago

Henry VIII. He's got the wives, the weight, the sycophants. Got rid of any wise counsel around him and I'm pretty sure he'd use the axe if he could.

Just waiting for the gout, the boils and the pus-covered leg.

pterrymc.bsky.social•2 days ago

While reading the Wolf Hall books, and a few Tudor history podcasts, I think about the parallels a lot.

patrickndg.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think that’s unfair to Henry Tudor! Henry VIII wasn’t a pheasant plucker either, but at least he had a bit of culture: can’t imagine Twitler composing Greensleeves, meself!

rossfootball.bsky.social•1 day ago

OTOH I can well imagine Trump staging a 'field of the cloth of gold' type summit.

Provided someone else picked up the tab that is

staycalmandcarryon.bsky.social•2 days ago

As apt as these comparisons are none of these monsters had access to weapons that could literally END LIFE ON EARTH. This one does.

annmtl.bsky.social•2 days ago

More like a modern zero.

neverseemecoming.bsky.social•2 days ago

in my entire life , I never suspected so many were rooting for this guy, looking at MAGAs

neverseemecoming.bsky.social•2 days ago

when do we get to the end of that movie, can't be fast or fitting enough

yam-alrac.bsky.social•2 days ago

The nightmare is that the pause and shut-off buttons have gone missing from the remote controller. The movie just keeps blaring at us and we are compelled to watch. We can’t even seem to pull the plug from the wall.

neverseemecoming.bsky.social•2 days ago

proximity, it's all about proximity, the reason he surrounds himself cowards and morally vacant people. If you can see him, touch him, be assured you're a POS

hey-nunya-business.bsky.social•1 day ago

claytonabernathy.bsky.social•2 days ago

You are too generous. I go straight to the Hitler comparison usually.

yam-alrac.bsky.social•2 days ago

Charlie Angus:
“How can one man cause such damage without anyone holding him in check?

The only reason there can be an American Caesar is the moral cowardice and complicity of the American power structure.”

hey-nunya-business.bsky.social•1 day ago

This has been carefully coordinated since the Regan era and hastened by Cambridge Analytica.

A two party system was *always* destined for failure, as the demise of every democratic republic in history has shown us.

There are multiple complicated factors in this (I'm a social scientist) but...

hey-nunya-business.bsky.social•1 day ago

...primarily, it's a weakening of educational systems, voter supression, and leaving people sick, scared, poor, and looking for easy answers while unable to sit with uncertainty - which is how that power structure came to be...

hey-nunya-business.bsky.social•1 day ago

... and the only reason I'm taking the time to mention it at all is only because this is all in Pollieves playbook. It's what he wants here, so we'll look like the states in 10 years.

We stand up and sing "we stand on guard for thee" but they can't just be words. Not anymore.

#elbowsup, friend 💜🇨🇦

dave-bailey.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nixon was a crook. He was also a hundred times the president that trump could ever hope to be. Normalized relations with China. Established the EPA that DOGE wants to gut. At least knew how to act like a gentleman in public. Felon47 makes him look like a saint.

thoughtsnations.bsky.social•1 day ago

Your legacy. 🪶😡💔🇨🇦 https://theseeker.ca/2024/03/the-ndps-charlie-angus-and-the-decline-of-canadian-politics/

motherforza.bsky.social•1 day ago

Actually!!! Commodus is right on the money.

hey-nunya-business.bsky.social•1 day ago

Please enjoy this fine opera by our very own Canadian band in lieu of a comment.

hey-nunya-business.bsky.social•1 day ago

*also applicable to Pollieve.

lincynity.bsky.social•2 days ago

I keep thinking he's like Henry VIII.

tyburntree.bsky.social•2 days ago

Mundus sine Caesaribus.

brogro75.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is more what comes to mind for me: https://youtu.be/9s5zcXccNMY?si=rwPCzYZSouy_vhHR

worthnoting.bsky.social•1 day ago

@charlieangus104.bsky.social

U.S.Dept of Homeland Security has just 'revoked' the citizenship of an immigration attorney - an American citizen born in Newton, Massachusetts - giving her 7 days to leave the U.S. She's on Bluesky posting about it. Nicole Micheroni @nicolemicheroni.bsky.social

chasmaine.bsky.social•1 day ago

Call me a cynic if you must. But, it is impossible not to wonder what ‘gifts’ were bestowed on ‘Dear Leader’ to ‘earn’ these exemptions.

What about small businesses, farmers, fishermen, and others who can’t afford to play in the D.C. Swamp?

Can you say corruption?

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/12/us/trump-administration-news/trump-electronics-tariffs?unlocked_article_code=1._E4.UC40.E-S2Y5WcUhjG&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

cofraeadai.bsky.social•1 day ago

Revolution coming.

Irish Citizen Army 1913 in British Occupied Dublin. By 1921 Britain was forced out of most of Ireland. Despite being the most powerful it had ever been.

Hope should reign supreme.

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