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Trump says Genghis Khan comparison 'sounds good' in 'unhinged' overnight post spree (opens in new tab)

shared a passage of text comparing him to the likes of Stalin and Genghis Khan, declaring that the comparison between him and history’s most horrible leaders “sounds good.”The passage Trump shared was from presidential historian David King, who is a public policy lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. In it, King asserts that “powerful people” have historically been characterized by “brutal conquest” and the “fear they instilled.” “Common names that would come to mind,” wrote K...

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