[SunkenCiv]

"The speed with which we're recapitulating the decline and fall of Rome is impressive," opined the conservative commentator Bill Kristol, in a tweet this past July, taking issue with President Trump's treatment of the press.

That's an interesting opinion, considering ROME HAD NO PRESS. Another phony-baloney analogy between the Roman Empire and the US falls flat on its ass. Thanks C19fan.

[Pelham]

"The speed with which we're recapitulating the decline and fall of Rome is impressive," opined the conservative commentator Bill Kristol,

maybe Kristol is thinking that Rome had sleazebag political hangers-on too.... guys like Kristol....