Who said it: Donald Trump or Frank Underwood?
The leader of the free world is a brazen narcissist, backed by a team of underlings who would literally walk over your face without a second thought if it got their boss four more years in the Oval Office.
Excellent, but let me ask you this: was I just referring to Donald Trump or Frank Underwood? It’s hard to tell, isn’t it? True, Underwood is a fiction, the key protagonist of the TV drama House of Cards, while Trump is in charge of the world’s most terrifying military arsenal. But they have so much in common - a free and easy attitude towards the truth, an approach to ascending the greasy pole that defies the laws of gravity and a grasp of the basic moves of Niccolo Machiavelli’s philosophy.
To celebrate House of Cards’ fifth season, which starts this week, here’s a test to see if you can tell the Donald from our Frank.
Democracy is so overrated
Frank Underwood
Donald Trump
The point is, you can never be too greedy
Frank Underwood
Donald Trump
As long as you're going to be thinking anyway, think big
Frank Underwood
Donald Trump
I’ve always said that power is more important than money, but when it comes to elections, money gives power, well, a run for its money
Frank Underwood
Donald Trump
A lot of people don't like to win. They actually don't know how to win, and they don't like to win because down deep inside they don't want to win
Frank Underwood
Donald Trump
This country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it. And if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something
Frank Underwood
Donald Trump
The road to power is paved with hypocrisy, and casualties
Frank Underwood
Donald Trump
One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government
Frank Underwood
Donald Trump
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war
Frank Underwood
Donald Trump
You know what, I have been very successful. Everybody loves me
Frank Underwood
Donald Trump
For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain, there can be no mercy. There is but one rule: hunt or be hunted
Frank Underwood
Donald Trump
Friends make the worst enemies
Frank Underwood
Donald Trump
My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America
Frank Underwood
Donald Trump
There’s no better way to overpower a trickle of doubt than with a flood of naked truth
Frank Underwood
Donald Trump
I thought being president would be easier than my old life
Frank Underwood
Donald Trump
Solutions
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