Thursday, January 22, 2026

Henry VIII and Donald Trump

Diarmaid-Macculloch on Hnery VIII:

Trouble about that is that a man like Henry VIII is a narcissist. I think we may have seen some in modern politics. The thing about narcissists is that they make good people do bad things. Henry VIII was talented at making good people, such as Cranmer and, I would say, Thomas Cromwell, do bad things. 

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