Ah! Now I know why Trump rubs against me. As a kid, I saw “Star Blazers” – one of the early animes (before they were called anime or japanamation.. it didn’t have a category yet) – and one of the bad guys was Desslok. I forgot about him.
Anyway, him and the relationship of the people who followed him eagerly reminded me of the 2015/2016 election cycle a little.