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Reporting From Paris · Aug 20, 2026
The Sun King Has a Lesson for Donald Trump
Louis XIV had the ego, the power and the spotlight, but even the Sun King knew when to rein himself in. What can today’s leaders learn from France’s most famous monarch?
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