By Jorge Ramos* (Confidencial)

HAVANA TIMES – They are so similar. Donald Trump and Nicolas Maduro have gigantic egos and believe themselves invincible. They both weigh about the same, it’s obvious they don’t exercise, they are hunched over, and they are the same height (1.91 meters). They are accustomed to judging from above and seeing others as inferior.

Like all authoritarian leaders, they surround themselves with yes-men—people who never contradict them or tell them the truth—and what they value most is loyalty, not intelligence, morality, or justice. They take any disagreement as a personal attack and always believe they are right. They don’t care about data or facts. The only thing valid for them is their own opinion. They are know-it-alls, and if they don’t know something, they make it up. They imagine that the world revolves around them and not the other way around.

They are unbearable, impatient, arrogant, rude, and they laugh at their own jokes. They have no sense of humor. I have never heard them laugh heartily or seen them smile naturally. They dance in public as if they knew how to do it and as if people wanted to see them. But deep down, people mock them: their physique, their borrowed hairstyle and mustache,........

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