Trump Was Dune’d to Fail

And Kynes, returning the stare, found himself troubled by a fact he had observed here. This Duke was concerned more over the men than he was over the spice. He risked his own life and that of his son to save the men. He passed off the loss of a spice crawler with a gesture. The threat to men’s lives had him in a rage. A leader such as that would command fanatic loyalty. He would be difficult to defeat. Against his own will, and all previous judgments, Kynes admitted to himself, “I like this Duke.” - Frank Herbert, Dune

I think the similarities between President Donald J. Trump and Duke Leto Atreides are uncanny, other than the 400,000+ American pandemic deaths while Trump spent much of his time golfing, Trump continually throwing his loyal men under the bus to save himself, Trump’s inquiries into self-pardoning, “Sleepy Joe” easily defeating Trump, Trump’s lowest approval rating of his presidency (nearly of any American presidency), and that Trump’s not a fictional character (much to the dismay of most Americans), of course.

Other than that, uncanny!