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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Simon Tisdall

Time’s up for Trump, Johnson and Berlusconi – but the damage they have caused lives on

A pallbearer holds a portrait of Silvio Berlusconi during his state funeral in Milan, 14 June, 2023.
Berlusconi bowed out with an epic state funeral. Photograph: Yara Nardi/Reuters

What do Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Silvio Berlusconi have in common? If this sounds like the beginning of an off-colour joke, in a way it is. But the joke’s on us.

Huge egos, certainly. Love of money, no doubt. Compulsive lying, untrustworthiness, predatory relationships with women, links to shady characters, media manipulation – in life and death, they shared all this and more.

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