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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,212 posts)
Tue Mar 10, 2020, 05:17 PM Mar 2020

So who is Nero, and why are people comparing him to Trump?

After a weekend of golfing in Florida, President Trump quote-tweeted a mysterious meme Sunday evening, depicting himself playing the violin in front of an orange and red background, with the caption, “MY NEXT PIECE IS CALLED NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT’S COMING.”

“Who knows what this means, but it sounds good to me!” he tweeted.

The meme drew speculation that it was related to the QAnon conspiracy theorists, as The Washington Post’s Timothy Bella described here.

But Walter Shaub, director of the Office of Government Ethics from 2013 to 2017, had another idea:


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So who is Nero, and why are people comparing him to Trump? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 OP
Probably because of the quote "Nero fiddles while Rome burns." Mike 03 Mar 2020 #1
I saw that on a different onethatcares Mar 2020 #2
And Trump says, "Why would I give a shit if Rome is burning?..." Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #3

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
1. Probably because of the quote "Nero fiddles while Rome burns."
Tue Mar 10, 2020, 05:21 PM
Mar 2020

He was a Roman emperor. I'm just now reading a book about Rome, but I haven't gotten to Nero yet. But that quote indicates he ignored some kind of crisis. Other DUers will know more.

onethatcares

(16,185 posts)
2. I saw that on a different
Tue Mar 10, 2020, 05:35 PM
Mar 2020

planet on the interwebs.

At first I wondered what it meant but came to realize that the fiddler has no clue as to what he's doing.

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