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RandySF

(83,224 posts) Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:52 AM Tuesday

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Poll: Which dictator does Trump remind you of?

41 votes, 1 pass \| Time left: Unlimited
	Hitler
	3 (7%)
	Franco
	0 (0%)
	Pol Pot
	2 (5%)
	Mussolini
	31 (76%)
	Stalin
	1 (2%)
	Pinochet
	1 (2%)
	Marcos
	0 (0%)
	Mao
	0 (0%)
	Peron
	0 (0%)
	Other (Please list below)
	3 (7%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Poll: Which dictator does Trump remind you of? (Original Post) RandySF Tuesday OP

You forgot to include all of the above hot2na Tuesday #1

Nero! He fiddled while Rome burned. Towlie Tuesday #2

I watched the movie Quo Vadis last night; Peter Ustinov as Nero killed his wife and married a shrewish harlot. NBachers Tuesday #5

Lots of Pol Pot and Mussolini, with some Rodrigo Duterte. GoCubsGo Tuesday #3

He is almost as ridiculous as Mussolini. David__77 Tuesday #4

Emperor Tod Spengo SocialDemocrat61 Tuesday #6

hot2na

(455 posts)

1. You forgot to include all of the above

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 07:40 AM

Tuesday

Which I would have selected

Towlie

(5,573 posts)

2. Nero! He fiddled while Rome burned.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 07:47 AM

Tuesday

Trump Rambles About Golden Drapes in White House as Americans Die Overseas

NBachers

(19,367 posts)

5. I watched the movie Quo Vadis last night; Peter Ustinov as Nero killed his wife and married a shrewish harlot.

Reply to Towlie (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:10 AM

Tuesday

A timely movie if I've ever seen one.

GoCubsGo

(34,856 posts)

3. Lots of Pol Pot and Mussolini, with some Rodrigo Duterte.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:02 AM

Tuesday

Rod and Pol Potbelly both loves them some extrajudicial killings.

David__77

(24,559 posts)

4. He is almost as ridiculous as Mussolini.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:29 AM

Tuesday

A sort of gold or orange hued version, somewhat lower energy version.

SocialDemocrat61

(7,448 posts)

6. Emperor Tod Spengo

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:41 AM

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