Trump Reposts Text Comparing His Power to Historical Leaders and Replies 'Sounds Good to Me'

President Trump reposted a text in the early hours of Friday morning that listed historical figures known for conquest and fear, including Alexander the Great, the Caesars, Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, Tamburlaine, Napoleon, Hitler, Mao and Stalin.

The text stated that the overwhelming difference between those figures and President Trump is their lack of global reach. " and identified the author as "presidential historian Dave King".

Dave King is a Scottish-born businessman living in South Africa and former chair of Rangers Football Club. Trump first encountered King when King was caddying for golfer Gary Player at an event in Trump's honor. King told New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan that he first shared his assessment with Player and later explained it directly to Trump over golf in Florida.

Trump first mentioned the document during a March interview with Haberman and Swan for their book "Regime Change," an account of the first 14 months of his second term scheduled for publication next week. The book is based on more than 1,000 interviews over a three-year period.

U.S. President. Trump stated that the historical leaders "maintained power through fear" and asked, "Who would ever do a thing like that? " He also said during the same interview: "I won every fucking time.

And I'm tired of winning and winning and winning and just getting bad fucking press. It's about time that you tell the truth. " At a high-level Oval Office meeting, Trump said, "I'm not a big fan of Ukraine ...

Except their women. " White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt found Trump in the Oval Office clutching a tube of superglue and attempting to affix gold decorations to the marble fireplace mantel. During a meeting last year, Trump said of former Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell: "I want to bust his fucking balls, honestly.