THE DARKNESS BEHIND THE THRONE

 ---THE GREAT EMULATOR---
à la
 Thomas à Becket to King Henry II
&
Cardinal Richelieu to King Louis XIII   

---AND---
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov

"Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that's my goal too.  I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today's establishment."
                               Steve Bannon - 2013