Overview
- President Trump reshared a two‑page essay on Truth Social during a late‑night posting spree on Thursday, adding the caption “Sounds good to me.”
- The memo compares Trump favorably to historical conquerors and 20th‑century dictators, naming figures such as Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Hitler, Mao and Stalin.
- Follow‑up reporting traced the piece’s authorship to Dave King, a longtime caddie and confidant of golfer Gary Player, not to the Harvard scholar Trump’s post appeared to invoke, prompting corrections and name confusion.
- The episode is recounted in the forthcoming book Regime Change, which says Trump showed the document to reporters in the Oval Office in March and took visible pleasure in the comparisons; there are no reported legal or policy consequences.
- Coverage has ranged from ridicule to alarm, with critics warning the episode highlights how Trump uses grand historical analogies and social media to shape his legacy while supporters amplify the message, and the timing of his G7 visit and Iran memorandum heightened public attention.