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  "path": "/2026/05/06/america-must-hope-trump-is-not-a-new-caligula/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-06T21:06:10.000Z",
  "site": "https://politicalwire.com",
  "tags": [
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  "textContent": "The Economist: “America’s founding fathers brooded about the decline of the Roman republic into a corrupt and brutal empire. They feared such tyrannical emperors as Caligula, who renamed temples in his honour, had golden statues of himself erected, and revelled in humiliating Rome’s former elites, including the cowardly senators who handed him supreme powers.” “Many […]",
  "title": "America Must Hope Trump Is Not a New Caligula"
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