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    The Story of Our Mad King Will Live on Well Past the Election

    Donald Trump is now an intrinsic part of the narrative of America.
    by Thomas Wright Nov 01, 2020 4 minutes
    Source: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty

    Donald Trump will never really go away, even if he is resoundingly defeated on Tuesday. Not on November 4, not on January 20, not when he dies, not in a hundred years. He may well be what future generations remember most about our era. Not because of what he accomplished, but because the story of a mad king is an immortal tale.

    The phenomenon is rare, which is why it is so captivating. The Roman emperor Caligula appointed his horse a consul of Rome. He made it illegal for anyone to look at him in the street, was an enthusiastic sadist, and seems to have genuinely believed that he was to hold on to power, and pouring out vitriol on tape.

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