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rpannier

(24,922 posts) Mon Mar 30, 2026, 08:29 AM 18 hrs ago

Trump's Dune

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Trump's Dune (Original Post) rpannier 18 hrs ago OP

Very good comparison...T-rump aspires to be a Baron Harkonnen... wcmagumba 17 hrs ago #1

Didn't the Baron deflate like a balloon and float into a sand worm's maw? jls4561 15 hrs ago #2

Spoiler for the book (and maybe the new film - I haven't seen part 2 yet) muriel_volestrangler 13 hrs ago #4

Alia kills the baron with the gom jabbar BeneteauBum 13 hrs ago #5

Where Is the Sandworm When You Need One? MineralMan 15 hrs ago #3

wcmagumba

(6,158 posts)

1. Very good comparison...T-rump aspires to be a Baron Harkonnen...

Reply to rpannier (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 09:02 AM

17 hrs ago

The rest of us are the Atriedes and the Fremen...

jls4561

(3,106 posts)

2. Didn't the Baron deflate like a balloon and float into a sand worm's maw?

Reply to rpannier (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 10:42 AM

15 hrs ago

It’s been a while since I’ve seen the film, but that would make a fitting end for the evil orange one.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,182 posts)

4. Spoiler for the book (and maybe the new film - I haven't seen part 2 yet)

Reply to jls4561 (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 12:57 PM

13 hrs ago

He takes his young granddaughter hostage (not knowing, I think, that she is his granddaughter) and she kills him with a poisoned blade. Which could be fitting, in certain allegorical ways.

BeneteauBum

(487 posts)

5. Alia kills the baron with the gom jabbar

Reply to jls4561 (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 12:58 PM

13 hrs ago

Though the baron does lose control of his suspensor field after being poisoned.

Peace ☮️

MineralMan

(151,249 posts)

3. Where Is the Sandworm When You Need One?

Reply to rpannier (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 11:22 AM

15 hrs ago

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