Donald Trump, president of the United States, meet Pyrrhus, king of Epirus.

The leader of the great military force and industrial powerhouse of 2026 who went to war with mighty bombers, missiles and drones might gain some pointed perspective from the third-century B.C. Hellenic warrior whose military entourage included 20 elephants. He is known in history — if Plutarch, the Greek writer who was an inspiration to the leaders of the American Revolution, is to be believed — for saying, "If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined."

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