I couldn’t find a clip of John Hurt portraying a mad Caligula actually waging war against Neptune in the classic ‘I, Claudius’ series. But I did find one in which Hurt’s Caligula expresses his fury that he wasn’t awarded a victory celebration for his stupendous triumph over that impertinent god of the seas. … Roman victory celebrations, Nobel peace prizes, same thing. … And, yes, Caligula indeed declared war on the sea, according to some historians.

Btw, check out Holman W. Jenkins’s “Greenland is Trump’s White Whale” in the WSJ. I loved these lines:

 “Mr. Trump’s preoccupation with owning Greenland, like his Nobel Prize obsession, would be best addressed elsewhere: in therapy. I’m perfectly serious. Once he started unburdening himself of his insecurities and traumas, he probably wouldn’t stop for a week. The world, and the U.S., would be better for it.”

You might also want to check out Jeff Jacoby’s inspired ‘The Founding Fathers warned this could happen’ at the Globe. Keep in mind: both Jenkins and Jacoby are conservatives.

Update — 1.22.26 –– From Bret Stephens at the NYT: “An Unhinged President on the Magic Mountain.”