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He also observed that cheesemakers in Russia have been boosting production and attempting to emulate types of European cheese.

Perhaps Trump’s greatest con of all, abetted by the enablers and grifters of the so-called manosphere, has been to sell young men on the idea that he is a manly guy, someone to emulate.

Perhaps Trump’s greatest con of all, abetted by the enablers and grifters of the "manosphere," has been to sell young men on the idea that he is a manly guy, someone to emulate.

Trump also reportedly wished that he could emulate Hitler in commanding total obedience from the military.

Militant Irish republicans had been paying close attention to Carson’s tactics — which anticipated Mao Zedong’s maxim about the source of political power — and would eagerly emulate his example in the years ahead.