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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,521 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 09:58 AM Jun 19

Trump ass-kisser labeling him "the most powerful man that the planet has ever known". Trump loves it.

President Trump is leaning into the idea that he is the mightiest figure in history. In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump posted a document he said was from a presidential historian that compares him to the likes of Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler, and concludes that Trump is, "without question, the most powerful man that the planet has ever known." The author of the document turns out to be Dave King, who is not a historian but the longtime caddy and confidante of pro golfer and Trump friend Gary Player. CNN suspects Trump posted the document to get out in front of a snippet about it in the forthcoming book Regime Change.

https://www.newser.com/story/391358/trump-embraces-most-powerful-man-ever-title.html


In a March sit-down with the book's authors, New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, Trump produced the document from King and began reading from it. "They didn't have airplanes, right? You couldn't travel around," Trump told the authors of the long-ago figures, per Axios. King's argument is that, unlike the figures from history, Trump is able to wield "power on a global scale" and thus is "by far the most powerful person that has EVER walked this planet."

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Trump ass-kisser labeling him "the most powerful man that the planet has ever known". Trump loves it. (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 19 OP
Yet its glaringly obvious that he's not sboatcar Jun 19 #1
Is it really a compliment to be grouped with Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler? Ocelot II Jun 19 #2
Nah, none of those guys shit themselves like Felon-47 31st Street Bridge Jun 19 #3
The sheer amount of mental gymnastics it took to get there is amazing! Emile Jun 19 #4
The most Powerful Smell the planet has ever known RainCaster Jun 19 #5

sboatcar

(923 posts)
1. Yet its glaringly obvious that he's not
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 10:01 AM
Jun 19

He may sit in the seat of power, but he's never been able to use it properly.

Ocelot II

(131,826 posts)
2. Is it really a compliment to be grouped with Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler?
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 10:04 AM
Jun 19

I guess it is if you're a power-mad wannabe despot, but Trump's power is becoming more and more illusory.

RainCaster

(13,950 posts)
5. The most Powerful Smell the planet has ever known
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 10:20 AM
Jun 19

That is why nobody wanted to be near him at the G7.

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