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Ol Janx Spirit

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3. Yes, too many for comfort really, but I think he fancies the idea of being a wartime president and using that as...

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 02:26 PM

Oct 29

...pretense for suspending elections. In part because he doesn't want to be seen as so weak that other people would have to give him the office--and then also be seen as owing them something; but mostly because just like the neoclassical decor he loves to surround himself with, he believes in the Roman concept of virtus and glory through military conquest.

The triumphal arc he wants to build in Washington really tells us all we need to know about his thought process....

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