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Authoritarian leaders have long used portraits and banners to project power, turning government buildings into vehicles for personal glorification. In the Soviet Union, Josef Stalin's face loomed over cities for decades. His
likeness appeared on enormous posters, friezes and parade banners, presenting him as the embodiment of Bolshevik ideals. According to research published by the Australian National University, Stalin's image was deliberately crafted
to make him appear omniscient and heroic, a constant reminder of state ideology.

China's Mao Zedong also deployed imagery on a massive scale. During the Cultural Revolution, Mao's portrait was ubiquitousufrom newspapers like the People's Daily to billions of posters and badges featuring his face. In the Dominican Republic, dictator Rafael Trujillo went so far as to rename the capital after himself. Public buildings, license plates and even city walls were plastered with slogans like "God in Heaven, Trujillo on Earth."

Turkmenistan's Saparmurat Niyazov took the tradition into the modern era, erecting a golden rotating statue of himself in Ashgabat and renaming
streets, airports and even a meteorite after him.

Trump has on several occasions likened himself to a dictator. Before his second term, he said he would be a dictator on "day one" in office.
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