Taking The Wrong Character from History To Compare with Trump...He might be "Pretender To The Throne"

Only future history can tell us what happens ..in the mean time it's all the more fodder to feed into the media-machine. Here's some idle ideation from a Professor of History at Princeton University on the once-and-future ruler of Trumplandia

What is to be done with Donald Trump?

He hasn’t yet conceded the election, but, come January 20, he will be looking for a new job. He is undoubtedly tempted to remain as much as possible in the public eye, rage-tweeting against the Biden administration and possibly starting up a new cable TV network. But he also has to worry about criminal investigations, and about defaulting on his considerable debt now that he can no longer use the presidency to drive business to his hotels and resort properties

 

 

OPINION | Soapbox

The Case for Political Exile for Donald Trump

The country needs a clean break, Napoleon-style. And, hey, Trump might like his own island realm and an imperial title to go with it.

By David A. Bell

 

". . . By the Treaty of Fontainebleau, Napoleon agreed to leave France, and to renounce all claims by his family to the country.

It was a humiliation, but not a total one. The treaty allowed Napoleon to keep his title of “emperor” and gave him a new principality to rule: the Mediterranean island of Elba, off the coast of Tuscany and not far from his native Corsica—a pleasant place roughly the size of Martha’s Vineyard, with a craggy coastline and mild climate. Napoleon would have a spacious mansion to live in, a 400-man honor guard and a large staff. As “emperor of Elba” he would enjoy all the trappings of sovereignty, including a crown and flag..."

The question is which island > Martha's Vineyard, The "Bikini" Atoll...."