#LONDINIUM90AD: MICHAEL VLAHOS. FRIENDS OF HISTORY DEBATING SOCIETY. @MICHALIS_VLAHOS HEADLINE: The American Empire Inheritance: Emperor Trump at Windsor Castle The conversation draws parallels between the Roman Empire and the current American Empire, em
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#LONDINIUM90AD: MICHAEL VLAHOS. FRIENDS OF HISTORY DEBATING SOCIETY. @MICHALIS_VLAHOS
HEADLINE: The American Empire Inheritance: Emperor Trump at Windsor Castle
The conversation draws parallels between the Roman Empire and the current American Empire, emphasizing that the US inherited its imperial role. A state dinner at Windsor Castle, steeped in centuries of British tradition, was cited as a visual representation of this transition, featuring King Charles III hosting Emperor Trump. The setting—lined with gold, silver, and portraits of those who delivered the British Empire—symbolized the transfer of legacy to America. Germanicus notes that the American Empire's reach is solid, mirroring Rome's authority over an oecumene (the known world) and its ability to have supplicant kings, such as Herod the Great serving Augustus. The speakers argue that many Americans, unlike the "prissy elite," recognize the imperial reality. They criticize maintaining the "fig leaf" of the nation founded by George Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin, stating that until the US recognizes itself as an empire, it cannot act strategically to defend or move it forward. Mr. Trump is seen as refreshing because he does not hide this reality, thereby forcing this necessary recognition.
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| 0:23.3 | Germanicus is in Dalmatia, that's the Adriatic coast, very beautiful. Transition from the |
| 0:28.9 | Eastern Empire to the Western Empire once upon a time. Here in the 21st century, however, |
| 0:34.4 | we have other examples of empire that I want to make a note of. Windsor Castle, a massive |
| 0:41.1 | construction over many centuries, the scene of a state dinner in the Waterloo room, a table that |
| 0:49.2 | goes on almost like a Laurel and Hardy cartoon forever, and surrounded by lords and ladies and kings and queens. |
| 0:59.7 | A real king, King Charles III, and then the kings of the Silicon Valley trillionaires. |
| 1:07.8 | The trillion-dollar companies were sitting at the table as well, along with staff of both ambassadors and leaders in Britain. |
| 1:17.0 | However, at the center was the emperor, Trump, sitting next to the King Charles. |
| 1:23.1 | And right in front of them, you can see it everywhere, is gold, and sometimes they're silver. |
| 1:29.7 | And in the Waterloo Room, it's lined by portraits of famous British citizens who've delivered |
| 1:38.2 | the empire to this table. And the transition is underway all the time between the British Empire and the American |
| 1:46.8 | Empire. |
| 1:47.9 | But this was an example of what no one else can match centuries of building upon the |
| 1:54.2 | foundations of the Roman Empire. |
| 1:57.1 | Just that image, the two of them. |
| 1:59.3 | And then it was time for a speech. |
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