Tuesday, April 29, 2025

The First Hundred Days

From "The Slums of Ancient Rome" at Ancient History from Below:

The image of the city of Rome in ancient sources is ambiguous. Augustus boasted about having turned it into a model of urbanity, but other descriptions remain very negative: a city where poverty reigned, and a population of miserable marginalized and poor people...

The quote could be used to describe life under Trump, even in these first 100 days. 

 

Alternatively, Almost Midas: Trump touches it, and in his eyes it turns to gold:

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