From early in Trump’s first term, I was comparing him to Milton’s Satan.
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Tag Archives: Anthony Trollope
Trump’s Punishment
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Trump and Satan, Both Miserable
Trump is as miserable as Milton’s Satan (and also a character in a Trollope novel). Unfortunately, like Satan, he does all he can to pull others into his well of misery.
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Pilfered Files, Eustace Diamonds
I compare Trump with Lizzy Greystock in Trollope’s “Eustace Diamonds”–government files for him, diamond necklace for her.
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Trollope & Trump’s Congressional Enablers
By continuing their support for Donald Trump, GOP leaders Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan are choosing their party and their careers over country. In doing so, they resemble Anthony Trollope’s Sir Timothy Beeswax, Conservative leader in the Palliser novels..
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Trollope’s Melmotte Anticipates Trump
Anthony Trollope foreshadowed Donald Trump in the figure of Augustus Melmotte in “The Way We Live Now” (1875).
Trollope & Trump’s Willing Enablers
Trollope describes gentry who enable to a scandalous financier in “The Way We Live Now.” Parallels can be drawn with those members of the GOP who are reconciling with Donald Trump.
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