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"The Most Powerful Person to Ever Live": Trump Compares Himself to Caesar, Napoleon, Genghis Khan
Per The Atlantic, Trump privately tells aides he is "the most powerful person to ever live" and no longer sees himself as a peer of Washington or Lincoln — but of Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, Alexander the Great, and Genghis Khan. He is reportedly indifferent to the midterms, focused entirely on "legacy defining moments" that demonstrate "absolute authority."
Judge Tosses Patel's Defamation Suit: Calling Him a "Nightclub Regular" Is "Rhetorical Hyperbole"
A federal judge dismissed FBI Director Kash Patel's defamation lawsuit against ex-FBI official Frank Figliuzzi, who said Patel was "visible at nightclubs far more than the seventh floor of" FBI HQ. The judge ruled it was "rhetorical hyperbole" — not defamation. The next day, Patel filed a new $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic over its 26-source exposé on his drinking.
The FBI Director Is MIA: Patel's Drinking, Absences, and the "Freak-Out" Over a Login Error
Per The Atlantic (26+ sources): FBI Director Kash Patel gets drunk regularly at D.C. clubs, his security detail has had trouble waking him, briefings get pushed back because of his nights out, and on April 10 he panicked and told people he'd been fired — because of a computer login error. Agents expressed relief. "It was all ultimately bullshit," one FBI official said.