One of the emperor Augustus's best tricks for legitimizing his authoritarian rule: he made a point of losing at games, joking about his bad luck, and paying his forfeits cheerfully. It made his reign look less arbitrary and terrifying to fellow members of the Roman elite.
This will NOT deflect attention from the massive protests WORLDwide today. Hands off everything you Fake God!
He’s more in the Kim Jong tradition.
And everyone knows he's cheating all the way. He is known to cheat at every game of golf he's ever played. What an empty triumph it is to get an award for cheating.
Nobody cares about the Russian asset's golfing ever.
They're just living in a fantasy world, these people. Can you imagine Barack Obama getting the official White House twitter account to post the score of his pick up basketball game? Or Clinton posting his morning jogging times? Absolutely batshit crazy nonsense.
#TheDonald reminds me more and more of #Caesar #Nero, who won every olympic tournament he attended ... .. and was that ass-crazy that he had to be removed out of office ...
I’m sure no cheating was involved… m.youtube.com/shorts/hXcNM...
How many mulligans was that? Moved balls? Pencilled in score?
The only thing Trump cheats on more than his wives is his golf score
Article doesn’t say who his opponent was. It was Elon Musk’s 4-year old child
But I bet emperor Augustus did not earn huge bribes from Saudi billionaires.
In golf seniors start at 50 years old. No fucking way did he beat someone 29 years younger than him.
I would like to bet everything I own & can borrow to bet that Trump wins tomorrow's golf championship but no one will accept.
Trump isn’t emotionally capable of admitting a loss or smart enough to fake one.
WASHINGTON -- The White House is pleased to announce that President Donald Trump, the finest president America has ever had, has been declared the winner of tomorrow's championship.
so we’re saying he’s NOT a stable genius?
Is there any evidence that he's actually playing against anyone
If he wanted, he could have the best coaching and actually become a half decent golfer, but he's cheated his whole life because he thinks hard work and practice are for suckers. We have mountains of video evidence that he sucks ass at golf, it's embarrassing people still go along with the charade.
We have Commodus instead.
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I play golf, sometimes well, sometimes not, it's that sort of game. There's no way on earth anyone with his sort of golf swing, which I'd describe as stiff old man with no hips chasing the ball down the fairway, ever wins anything. Unless his handicap is 72 or something.
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"won" www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports...
Playing golf while burning down the economy has more of a Caligula vibe tbh ….
Or Nero...
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Trump deliberately lose..never ever. That’s just a golf hole too far.
did he shoot an 18?
Augustus also studiously avoided the appearance of breaking from norms and traditions, rather than gleefully flaunting them.
Yeah, he was careful not to appear that he was gelding the Senate even though he certainly was.
could not win at tying his shoes simply because he cannot reach them....
Sounds familiar.
I bet he did.🙄
Hey now..
So, trump cheated at golf yet again today? Pathetic old fart.
As usual, rearless leader is on another planet.
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Ain't nothing about this guy allows him to take second place. He's neither a graceful winner or loser.
why the fuck are you covering his cheating at golf do better
Trump can't even make the choice to lose. 😅🤣 He has no friendly face to save. Maybe he's an android created by Musk.
Pull up your BIG BOY PANTS Tighten that belt Lets win this thing Sir
I think Trump's model is Idi Amin, who always scored all of the goals when he played soccer.
Putin scored 8 Goals in a Hockey Game. He was the MVP of his team. The opposing Goalie played an astoundingly awful game. North Korea's Kim once played a round of Golf where he made a score of 18: A "Hole in One" on every hole, with 54 Below Par.
I don't think that Donald Trump has it in him to joke about any of his many, many, many flaws. The inability to win at golf would be really irritating for him, and I don't think he could joke about it.
But this one is dumb.
Roman historian here. This tracks.
He only wins at his tournaments
He only plays at tournaments at his clubs because he sucks at golf and has to cheat.
When you're playing yourself it's not hard to lose.
Nero.
More Caligula than Augustus methinks…..
He won. Riiight.
History teaches us great lessons, but some don’t read history books, or they believe that this time will be different. The buffoonery and incompetence are either gonna save us in the end or get us all killed.
Hitler was a “winner” too.
Where's a tactical gopher when you really want one?
But then there was that Nero guy…. To played either Don jr or Eric??
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Good grief what an insecure child. And how many “club championships” can one win, he just “won” one 2 weeks ago FFS! And such a reassuring note to pass on the voters as their financial futures melt in real time. Freak.
You don’t have to go back to Roman times. Think Ceausescu. They finally had enough.
Yeah but this isn’t Augustus. It’s Commodus
just imagine how shitty the other players are in this tournament.
Trump will ALWAYS BE ALLOWED to win in a golf tournament..
Yeah. Augustus learned to tread carefully and cleverly play the "first citizen" role because of what happened to Julius Caesar who cared little about optics and got killed for it.
Bro gonna hit 18 HiO’s before he’s out.
The President always wins, long live the President. America is a rotten society.
I’ve lost over $300K in the last two days while he’s golfing. Call me selfish, but I really don’t think giving up $300K (so far) is a fair trade for his golf tournaments.
The disgusting part is that maga does not care how much money we lose. They literally think the answer is to just buy American. We truly just can’t fix stupid!
They don’t care bc u aren’t rich enough for them to be bothered with We’re the parasites remember?
Putin has about a 5/10 skating ability but would somehow score 17 goals against former professionals 😂😂😂 How do they not realize how pathetic this shit makes them look?
Was he playing against penguins? 🐧⛳️ That would explain a lot.
well we sure don't need to worry about the narcissist in chief using that ploy
Well, we already know Trump is no Augustus. Though he may aspire to be worshipped as a god.
I like the use of small g
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And people in Canada are still planning on voting CPC. Unreal levels of denial.
The fcuk he did.
On the other hand, Commodus fancied himself a gladiator and rigged combats so he could "win". And Nero played golf while Rome burned.
It takes a special genius to bankrupt casinos: Trump Taj Mahal (1991), Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino (1992), Plaza Hotel (1992), Trump Castle Hotel and Casino (1992), Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts (2004), Trump Entertainment Resorts (2009). But, he didn’t lose HIS money; reminds you of something?
Wonder how many hole-in-ones there would be if Trump played golf with Kim Jong Un
This 78yr old man is going to win, right? Is the prize a solid gold trophy or just a big old bar of gold for the Dear Leader?
But then there was Nero: "In AD 67 Nero participated in the Olympics.... Nero won every contest in which he was a competitor. He won a 10-horse chariot race, despite being thrown from the chariot and leaving the race. He was crowned on the basis that he would have won if he had completed the race."
Hmm 🤔 the 🦧 is a cheat and just a quick reminder for his handlers “we don’t give a shit 💩 about his golf game” we are more interested is wondering when he plans on resigning!
Yes but did Augustus suffer from crippling insecurity brought on by a father who couldn’t show love, and thus had to spend his adulthood desperately trying to reassure himself of his worth?
Degenerate predator con man got no plan… Degenerate predator con man got greed and hubris… Harm you make you cry take your shit… that’s it.
Oh for f sakes. What an imbecile.
That's a fine level of nuance that is completely missed by this current show.
Anyone who hits a shot like this couldn't win against a group of blind people www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaYj...
Trump reminds me of Idi Amin.
Trump is not that smart. He hates to lose and cheats to make sure it does not happen
That involves history.
"I've just crashed the world economy - now watch this drive."
They're paying him $1 mil/person for access. He's not gonna lose.
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TBF, Augustus also organized entertainments - gladiatorial contests, sporting events, etc. - for the people of Rome. This golf tournament must be something like that… Oh, wait a minute: Augustus paid for these… not the Roman “taxpayer” or Saudi Arabia.
Hilarious!
OH you THINK u ANGRY? well i am a MUSHROOM CLOUD MOTHERFUCKER, motherfucker!
hard to do when you're the only one playing.
Congratulations! You brought out all of the Latin scholars on a Saturday. lol I took 4 years of Latin in HS and 2 semesters in college. I was a member of the Junior Classical League in HS, and attended many national conventions in the summer, competing in Roman History. Mundus sine Caesaribus!
Well, no one ever accused Cheeto of being as smart as Caesar Augustus...
Yeah! The fake president that is REALLY a felon, is still in never, never land! His crashed economy is to real for him to deal with!
This was done during a Triumph when the Imperator (originally a military title) was dressed as a god even down to red makeup on face and body. I like the less accurate but more poetic "Remember, thou art mortal."
This is called 'Memento Mori': a slave would hold a wreath while saying those words, a reminder to the General that his ego shouldn't get too big because he's mortal or that only the Emperor is truly immortal.
Sawdus Bonelius
Can’t help but think of Mel Brooks “History of the World, Part I”.
He doesn't need to "throw" anything, I've seen his awful golf swing. People must let him win.
DJT & MAGA ---> Hussein & Sunni
I guess trump is no Augustus.
Does anyone dare beat Trump?
Ironic that someone noted for his calculated humility gained the honorific Augustus.
I wonder how many times he's kicked the ball so far. golf.com/lifestyle/ce...
He wouldn't loose on purpose if someone offered him a million bucks to do so.
You still a party member?
Serious question - do they let him win, or just pretend that he won?
Trump is too narcissistic
It's easy to win when you cheat and everyone's afraid to call you on it.
The president cheated,he was seen cheating,he'll continue to cheat. Nobody wants to go to El Salvador over a fucking golf trophy.
He’s too insecure to ever admit he lost. At anything.
Livia poisoned the winners... ...but in all seriousness, David, when are you gonna bring back Frum Forum?
That's some North Korea shit.
Donald has nothing on Augustus.
Are you deported if you don’t let the fat tub of goo win???
Please start the AI program and fire all of the politicians
If you had to pick one Roman emperor that Trump was *least* similar to it would be Augustus. What a weird comparison when there are so many more valid ones. (Such as Nero entering in and “winning” every single Olympic event)
I think Frum's point is that they are dissimilar. Augustus was extremely competent, while Trump is a moron.
Caligula is the most apposite Roman Emperor when discussing Trump. Whereas the former notoriously had relations with his own sister, Trump has made it nice and sparkling clear that he'd like to do the same-- and maybe even **has** done the same-- with his own daughter.
How many grown men went in the tank so the President of Mar A Loco can win his rigged tournament?
Set up... It's already planned he's going to win...don't buy that shit from anyone!
Guy who “never loses at anything” he cheats at… I mean except those pesky court cases, the pandemic and bankruptcies and the 2020 election
Rome’s Augustus apparently had more smarts and a healthier ego than the current resident of the White House.
When a political narrative starts borrowing the theater of sports victories, it’s not about tennis—it’s about legitimacy. But Augustus at least understood one thing: the value of restraint. Today’s version? Performance without proportion.
Seriously? With a swing like he’s got? 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
He win every dam game we know that I predict he will win 2morrow
