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  https://sonar21.com/is-donald-trump-the-new-commodus/ https://etouffoir-blogspot-com.translate.goog/2026/09/donald-trump-est-il-le-nouveau-commode.html?_x_tr_sl=hl&_x_tr_tl=fr&_x_tr_hl=fr Is Donald Trump the New Commodus? 25 September 2026 by Larry C. Johnson During my long trek returning home to Florida from Russia, I watched a three hour documentary on the rise and fall of the Roman Empire and I gained an appreciation of why Trump is often labeled as a reincarnation of various leaders of the Rome. Caligula is the favorite of those who see caprice and cruelty, the emperor who reportedly planned to make his horse a consul, invoked whenever loyalty seems to outrank competence. Nero is summoned for the performer-ruler, the emperor-artist blamed for fiddling while Rome burned. Julius Caesar is the go-to for warnings about a strongman crossing the Rubicon and hollowing out a republic’s norms. Each comparison captures something, and I think each overreaches. Caligula and Ner...