Donald Trump: The American Caesar

By Tom Strabo

Is Donald Trump the American Caesar? There are many incredible parallels between the two men. The Roman establishment hated Julius Caesar and wanted him dead. They believed he would be a disaster for Rome, and bring chaos. They thought he was an obnoxious, overweening, preening narcissist and power-mad oligarch. He was denounced as a populist demagogue who would say anything to get into power. Friends disowned him. Supporters became enemies. Numerous influential Romans spoke out against him and delivered chilling warnings if Caesar should assume power in Rome. Julius Caesar was a "Strong Man" who brought order to Rome in a time of weak leaders, an establishment that had lost its way, which no longer had any vision, and which was allowing chaos to reign on the streets. Before Caesar came to power, the glory that was Rome was fading fast. Its best days seemed behind it. The Republic was failing. Caesar set out to make Rome great again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Mar 8, 2018
• ISBN: 9780244973261

Tom Strabo

Tom Strabo is a freethinker, controversialist and contrarian.

Book preview

Introduction

The Roman establishment hated Julius Caesar and wanted him dead. They were prepared to do anything to stop him. They believed he would be a disaster for Rome, and bring chaos. They thought he was an obnoxious, overweening, preening narcissist and power-mad oligarch. He was denounced as a populist demagogue who would say anything to get into power. They declared him a lethal threat to the Republic. Friends disowned him. Supporters became enemies. Numerous influential Romans spoke out against him and delivered chilling warnings if Caesar should assume power in Rome. Are you experiencing déjà vu? All of this applies to Donald Trump in modern America as he campaigns to become President.

Yet, despite all of the opposition and resistance to Caesar, he is remembered as one of the greatest figures in history, and his action-packed life paved the way for the glory that was the Roman Empire.

The Romans conquered Britain, and the British in due course furnished the colonists to America who provided the roots of the Americans of today, thus tracing a direct line from Rome to America, from Caesar to Trump (!).

Rome, prior to the coming to power of Julius Caesar, was in chaos. The institutions of the Republic were falling apart. Violence was endemic. Different factions viciously fought for power. Effective leadership was entirely absent. Decision-making was paralyzed. The splendor of Rome was in severe danger of evaporating. Caesar knew he had to act fast to save Rome from the corrupt, inept establishment ruling it, or, to be more accurate, misruling it.

Famously, Caesar said, The die is cast, as he crossed the river Rubicon to begin his campaign against the Roman establishment. This is just the sort of bold soundbite that comes naturally to Donald Trump. Caesar was a master propagandist who could make a real connection to the people, and so is Trump. Caesar wrote his own books glorifying his own efforts, and so does Trump. Caesar had no false modesty, and nor does Trump.

Caesar was born to an illustrious patrician family, just like Trump. He was raised in privilege and great expectation, just like Trump. He was an extreme risk-taker and loved the limelight, just like Trump. He was an extravagant and ostentatious spender, just like Trump. He loved breathtaking spectacle, just like Trump. He gave the people bread and circuses, just like Trump. He put on amazing entertainments for the benefit of the people, just like Trump. He was married three times, just like Trump. Caesar had an affair with the ancient world’s most famous and glamorous woman – Cleopatra – the original prototype of a Trump babe. Caesar liked exotic, foreign women, just like Trump.

Caesar was a fantastic builder of walls. In his campaign against the Vercingetorix and his savage army of Gauls, Caesar trapped his enemy in the town of Alesia. He built one wall round the town to prevent the Gauls from escaping. He then built an even bigger second wall as a defense against the vast relief army that Vercingetorix summoned to attack the Romans in the rear. In other words, he built not just one wall to keep out undesirables, but two!

Caesar would certainly have admired Trump’s monumental plan to build a wall on the Mexican border to keep out the unwelcome. This is exactly the sort of breathtakingly ambitious project Caesar himself would have undertaken. It shows decisive leadership and solves a problem once and for all. It decisively projects American power and will.

In Caesar’s time, the Senate and their puppets could no longer control Rome. Bloody riots were commonplace. A strong man was required to restore law and order. In today’s America, suffering from similar chaos and social disorder, a Caesar is equally required, and Trump has proved himself such a man. Trump is a strong man surrounded by weak, pathetic liberals, determined to bring him down. They don’t understand him and they never will. Liberals can never relate to strength and audacity.

Caesar wanted to make Rome great again, just as Trump does for America. Trump has ambition and vision, unlike the clueless pygmies who oppose him.

When he seized control in Rome, Caesar had himself appointed absolute Dictator first for ten years, and then for life. He then set his sights on being made King of Rome, the first king for hundreds of years.

Can you imagine Dictator Trump or King Trump? This man, like Caesar, does not lack for ambition.

Only two months of the year are named after people: July after Julius Caesar (the final great ruler of the Roman Republic), and August after his