Hamilton clearly predicted Donald Trump in a 1792 letter to George Washington:
βWhen a man unprincipled in private life, desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper, possessed of considerable talents β¦ despotic in his ordinary demeanour β known to have scoffed in private at the principles of liberty β when such a man is seen to mount the hobby horse of popularity β to join in the cry of danger to liberty β to take every opportunity of embarrassing the General Government [and] bringing it under suspicion β to flatter and fall in with all the nonsense of the zealots of the day β it may justly be suspected that his object is to throw things into confusion that he may βride the storm and direct the whirlwind.ββ
