<style id="elementor-post-40574">.elementor-40574 .elementor-element.elementor-element-d73858b{--display:flex;--flex-direction:column;--container-widget-width:100%;--container-widget-height:initial;--container-widget-flex-grow:0;--container-widget-align-self:initial;--flex-wrap-mobile:wrap;}.elementor-widget-text-editor{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-size:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );color:var( --e-global-color-text );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap, .elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-default .elementor-drop-cap{color:var( --e-global-color-primary );border-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-40574 .elementor-element.elementor-element-1720c16{--display:flex;--flex-direction:column;--container-widget-width:100%;--container-widget-height:initial;--container-widget-flex-grow:0;--container-widget-align-self:initial;--flex-wrap-mobile:wrap;}.elementor-40574 .elementor-element.elementor-element-55b6fee{--display:flex;--flex-direction:column;--container-widget-width:100%;--container-widget-height:initial;--container-widget-flex-grow:0;--container-widget-align-self:initial;--flex-wrap-mobile:wrap;}@media(max-width:1024px){.elementor-widget-text-editor{font-size:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );}}@media(max-width:767px){.elementor-widget-text-editor{font-size:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );}}</style>{"id":40574,"date":"2025-06-21T13:17:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T11:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/?p=40574"},"modified":"2025-07-09T23:24:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T21:24:14","slug":"america-has-its-own-mao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/america-has-its-own-mao\/","title":{"rendered":"America Has Its Own Mao"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"40574\" class=\"elementor elementor-40574 elementor-39125\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d73858b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d73858b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c43d4e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c43d4e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">door Jan van der Putten<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1720c16 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1720c16\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88b3f7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88b3f7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"666\">Donald Trump is one of a kind\u2014or so we think. Yet he has more than one predecessor. Take Silvio Berlusconi, for example. The similarities are striking. In terms of charisma and narcissism, the Italian was barely outdone by the American. Berlusconi regularly looked at himself in the mirror and said three times in a row: \u201cI think I\u2019m amazing.\u201d He saw himself as Jesus Christ, performing miracles for those who believed in him. Trump also suffers from religious delusions: shortly before the last conclave, he used AI to present himself as the new pope. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p class=\"login-prompt members-only-prompt\">This content is for members only. Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vnc-china.nl%2Fen%2Famerica-has-its-own-mao%2F\">log in<\/a> to view.<\/p><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55b6fee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"55b6fee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a2843d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a2843d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jan van der Putten is schrijver en journalist. Hij was onder meer correspondent in China. Zijn laatste boek is Tijd van illusies: Mijn kleine geschiedenis van de wereld, verschenen bij Querido Facto.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>door Jan van der Putten Donald Trump is one of a kind\u2014or so we think. Yet he has more than one predecessor. Take Silvio Berlusconi, for example. 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