Déjà vu

Y’all know George Santayana’s axiom about the past—those who don’t remember it are condemned to repeat it. That sucker pops up periodically, but it seems particularly appropriate in the regime of the Kleptocrat, who can’t remember what he said or did seven minutes ago.

I was reminded of this when a friend in the UK sent me a political cartoon from The Times of London, published at the time of the Kleptocrat’s meetings with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit:

This cartoon is a brilliant reference to one by political cartoonist David Low, published in the Evening Standard on 20 September 1939, depicting the cynical collusion between ideological opposites over the carving up of Poland:

I just wish to God we would learn these lessons.