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Thread #167283 Message #4040093
Posted By: Mr Red
17-Mar-20 - 05:15 AM
Thread Name: BS: 2020 national election, USA - BIDEN wins Nov 7
Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
The premise was to compare the similarities. Yea Yea there are differences, but the similarities will alarm you.
1) Second son, inherited by the death of elder brother. Tries harder to prove himself. 2) Married his mistress as second trophy wife and it didn't go well. 3) First wife demonstrated power/success to outshine husband. Ego couldn't take it. 4) Tyrannical, ruthless hiring/firing often, eg beheading/jailing. 5) recruited from below establishment tier of advisers, yes men, beholden! 6) tore up the rule book. Messy chaotic decision making. 7) throws so many curve balls no-one can deal with them all, confuses everyone. 8) countered print/cyber criticisms as treason/fake news. Uses the technology of the day to promulgate his vituperation - print/twitter. 9) Philanderer/lothario. 10) Trump's 47th birthday party invite showed a picture of him on a throne, sword in hand, girl at feet. Holbein painted Henry to emphasise his power, towering over family. Ego personified.
Now the extrapolation:
Henry 8 left a power vacuum behind that descended into in-fighting and rapid switches. And (get this) the pundits looked to Queen Liz 1 and then to Ivanka and compared their strategies. And the strap line was: as bizzare as it sounds, but don't bet against Ivanka being the first female president".
Many thought Twitler wouldn't get there! We are living in interesting times!