“Veni, vidi, vici,” sayeth the Orange One?

“Veni, vidi, vici,” sayeth the Orange One?

The first to say that was Julius Caesar. After his crushing win over a Persian/Greek king in what is now Turkey, Caesar reported to the Roman Senate with characteristic immodesty and uncharacteristic brevity: “Veni, vidi, vici.” I came, I saw, I conquered. Caesar had a flair for drama. He similarly came, saw and conquered most of Gaul – what is now France – in an era well before the invention of B2 stealth bombers. Travelling from Rome to Gaul w…