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Trump's "Great Man" theory: "No limits" to his power
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President Trump declared on "The Axios Show" on Thursday that he's discovered " no limits " to his power since going to war with Iran.
Key facts
- President Trump declared on "The Axios Show" on Thursday that he's discovered " no limits " to his power since going to war with Iran
- In " Regime Change," coming Tuesday from The New York Times' Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, Trump proudly shows off a document arguing he's more powerful than Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan
- Trump posted the "Great Men" document on Truth Social on Thursday, calling its author a "presidential historian
- Haberman and Swan report that the author was the longtime caddy and personal confidant to golfer Gary Player
Summary
A forthcoming book reveals he's been entertaining an even grander idea: that he may be the most powerful man in history. In a wide-ranging, soon-to-be-released 45-minute interview with Axios' Marc Caputo, Trump repeatedly measured power by submission: G7 leaders believed him when he joked "I'm the boss," he said, while Israel has "a lot of respect for me" and will "do as I say. In " Regime Change," coming Tuesday from The New York Times' Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, Trump proudly shows off a document arguing he's more powerful than Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Stalin, Mao and Hitler. Trump "began reading from it," the authors write, "reciting the names of some of history's most powerful figures" and explaining how each "fell short of his own power as U.S. president.