Please Identify this Man

I can offer the following clues:

• He was born into an elite class
• He defied social norms
• He mocked the commercial and political values expected by his class
• He almost became a bankrupt in the pursuit of his ambition
• He defied the odds and created a vast fortune
• He decided on a political future
• He gained no respect or support from the conservative people of his own class
• He martialed the support of embittered and resentful common citizens
  
• He became the most powerful man in the world when he claimed the highest office in the most powerful state in the world
  

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His name was Gaius Julius Caesar - Great Caesar

You just may have thought I was describing the current American president.

So, is there anything new under the sun? In most cases no. There have been Trumps before, just as there have been Reagans, Putins, Carters and Thatchers.

I say in most cases, because the following quote from JFK's Inaugural Address cannot be denied:

" The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life."

I suspect if he had lived another decade he might have added:

"We now also hold in our hands the power to export our culture and technology to distant worlds."