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Modern audiences know Pericles best for the funeral oration he delivered in 431 BC, which acclaimed author Steven Pressfield suggests may have “marked the pinnacle of Athens’ Golden Age ...

Trump (or his speechwriter) wants you to believe he’s the second coming of Pericles, who presided over the golden age of Athens. In truth, Trump is the second coming of Trump.