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bmichaelh

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18. Shakespeare

Reply to Tripper11 (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 06:02 AM

21 hrs ago

It amazes me these actors who support Trump.

Or they are actors who never acted or read Shakespeare.

One sees antecedents of Trump in Shakespearean characters like Richard III.

There are great lines in Shakespeare; about 20 to 30 which could apply to Donald Trump.

For example:

MENENIUS
There is no more
mercy in him than there is milk in a male tiger.
--Shakespeare, Coriolanus 5.4.28-29

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