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Old 08-18-2020, 12:30 PM   #2490
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If Putin is Palpatine, Trump is his lapdog, but isn't cool enough to be Darth Vader. Trump is Jabba the Hutt.
In the Star Wars prequels, Palpatine took advantage of an easily-influenced fool to consolidate his power and end democracy. In this metaphor, Trump is Jar-Jar Binks.
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