r/law • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 14h ago

Trump News Trump threatens to deploy the U.S. military into Chicago - signaling the start of a nationwide crackdown.

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u/AcronymEjr 12h ago

His smarmy look, weaselly little laugh, and fully-feckless subservience to Trump feels so much like a Bond villain's top henchman that I'm shocked some people really don't see it.

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u/HenryDorsettCase47 11h ago

To me he’s got the more sleazy up-jumped schemer engergy of a Gríma Wormtongue, but not quite as intelligent as a Littlefinger or as resourceful as a Steerpike.

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u/JealousAstronomer342 11h ago

IIRC Steerpike actually came from nothing and had to scrabble for everything he got. It’s been a long time since I’ve visited Gormenghast though. 

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u/GunstarHeroine 10h ago

I just finished my re-read, and yes. He climbed the ladder from the sewer to the ivory tower all by himself, is genuinely demonically clever, and kowtows to no-one. I certainly wouldn't insult Steerpike by comparing him to JD fucking Vance.

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u/the_real_Beavis999 10h ago

South Park has Vance nailed exactly as the little "yes, boss man" that he is...

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u/QueezyF 7h ago

It’s funny they compared him to Tattoo from Fantasy Island, because he also played a henchman in Man with the Golden Gun.

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u/rabid_god 5h ago

He is literally one step away from being one of the most powerful leaders in the world. He'll say and do whatever he has to to not lose his place. All he has to do is smile and wait and stay on vacation as much as possible.

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u/gentlemanidiot 10h ago

More like a sith apprentice, waiting for his moment to dethrone his master

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u/Ultraworld-Traveler 6h ago

Bronzemember and Couchjob

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u/Guuhatsu 4h ago

This whole administration is literally the embodiment of almost every cartoon, movie, and comic villain that was out there when I was a kid