Conservative Commentator Bill Kristol Likens Trump Presidency to Fall of Roman Empire

Decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire took centuries; Trump has been in office 163 days

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Conservative analyst and commentator Bill Kristol said on Sunday that President Trump’s anti-Trump video tweet was “recapitulating the decline and fall of Rome.”

Earlier Sunday, POTUS tweeted a Reddit video clip altering a 2007 clip from Wrestlemania of the president and body-slamming and punching WWE CEO Vince McMahon, but with McMahon’s face replaced by a CNN logo.

The tweet has evoked harsh criticism from both sides of the aisle for its violent and angry imagery aimed at the press, which is referred to as the “fourth estate” of the government.

“The speed with which we’re recapitulating the decline and fall of Rome is impressive. What took Rome centuries we’re achieving in months,” wrote Kristol, who served as Vice President Dan Quayle’s chief of staff to during George H.W. Bush’s presidency.

The founder and editor of the right-leaning magazine The Weekly Standard and a frequent commentator on TV, Kristol was a vocal opponent of Trump throughout the 2016 campaign and ever since.

Most of Kristol’s followers seem to agree with his comparison.

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