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Tweetie just compared the Trumps to the Romanovs nt (Original Post) Xipe Totec Jan 2017 OP
Haaaaaaa ha ha ha ha haaaaaa! Ilsa Jan 2017 #1
Personally, I think he's more of an Alexander Push-kin nt Xipe Totec Jan 2017 #2
Well, except the Romanovs had background. LisaM Jan 2017 #3
еще раз путин nt Xipe Totec Jan 2017 #4
I'd say more like the Borgias. Raster Jan 2017 #5
Brannon is Rasputin. Melania has the accent. The sons are a mess. elehhhhna Jan 2017 #6
Except that Nicholas II was a faithful husband and doting father . . . hatrack Jan 2017 #7

LisaM

(27,827 posts)
3. Well, except the Romanovs had background.
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 08:56 PM
Jan 2017

They weren't just some boot-strappy newcomers who conned their way to the top. I'm not saying they were nice people, but there are a few differences.

Now, Bannon and Rasputin.....

hatrack

(59,592 posts)
7. Except that Nicholas II was a faithful husband and doting father . . .
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 09:48 PM
Jan 2017

Shitty tsar, but a decent family man.

Other than that (especially as regards the ineptitude), not too bad an analogy.

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