Kobos wrote: Now, on a serious note, who do you know who the dark lords are? By there very nature they are hard to identify, or else they would be pretty crappy dark lords...............
Exactly... I agree 100%. I do see Trump as a dark lord of the sith. Does he claim to be a sith? No. Does he have to? Did Palpatine?
One of our first encounters (according to the timeline, not the appearance of the movies) with Palpatine as a dark lord was him maneuvering two sides of the same republic into conflict. Palpatine used the threat of war to provoke a response that would ultimately make him the person they voted for to handle that threat.
On the other hand, Trump came in by telling the public to be afraid. "Their rapists. Their murderers." Steve King supports this by saying they have calves the size of cantaloupes. South Park had a long running joke about poor whites mad about immigrants taking their jobs and forming a mob.
Of course it was the Trade Federation that Palpatine was effectively controlling. On the other hand, by attacking foreign trade deals like NAFTA and starting a trade war with China Trump seems to be trying to form a blockade against products moving in and out of the country. But does he realize how many American jobs that would effect?
Palpatine, of course, used Naboo to get elected. In this Trump is different because he used Russian interference to help him get elected. Not only was Trump promising and ease of sanctions against Russia but we still see Trump pandering to our enemy, seeming to suggest that he would accept future aid from them and even arguing that he will work to get them back into the G8 without Russia giving up anything. That almost makes it seem more like Putin is the real emperor and Trump is more like Dooku.
This seems inconsistent but if you think about the Rule of Two, Trump acts like Putin's apprentice the same way Palpatine was an apprentice to Darth Plagueis.
Of course their completely different! I'm just kidding. After all, Palpatine executed Order 66 attacking his own law enforcement arm who he saw as a potential threat where as, on the other hand, its not like Trump would ever attack the FBI or fire its leader, triggering some kind of Special Counsel situation.
And its not like Palpatine who was accused of being a Sith lord and attempted execution for treason, but thrwarted for the sake of a more democratic process, is anything like the currently failed (still holding out hope) attempt to impeach Trump for his numerous attempts to obstruct justice according to Robert Mueller.
These guys are totally different! I mean Palpatine was using aliens like Jar Jar and Maul with speculation about being xenophobic because the policies of the Empire trended towards xenophobia https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Xenophobia
But hell... that's NOTHING like Trump being seen as racist while US policy tends to favor immigrants from European countries and largely ignores border "threats" on the northern border. (white [border] walkers welcome)
As well it is assumed that Palpatine somehow inherited his fortune from his master, which is in no way similar to Trump inheriting millions upon millions from his father Fred Trump.
Palpatine's focus on the military is nothing at all like Trump's focus on the military and wanting big extravagant military parades like North Korea.
There are so many dissimilarities I can hardly keep track. But aside from all these blatant distinctions what you have with Trump is someone who has achieved great wealth and power mostly by deception, not by forceful seizure. That's in no way similar to what Sidious did. They're so different, in fact, that Trump must have watched the whole SW series just as set of lessons of what not to do. And because he learned nothing from SW he makes sure that anyone in his immediate circle who even has a hint of disloyalty has to go... you know... before they can push him down a flight of stairs. The guy is so anti sith that he must be a Jedi.
This is sarcasm if anyone couldn't tell.
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