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Ancient warlords excelled at ritual humiliation. Their technique was simple: vanquish the enemy, take his loot, build a fort with it, display his impaled head there. Visitors to Donald Trump’s future presidential library will recognise the warlords’ method. There will be no severed heads, and probably few books. But in other respects the building will be a monument to conquest.
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July 5th 2025
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