"Caligula" is not an accurate nickname for donnie.

[grumpyduck]

I've seen it here a number of times: a variation on Caligula used as a nickname. But, according to The History Channel:

Think of it as the ancient equivalent of miniature Nikes and tuxedo-imprinted onesies: Even in Roman times, parents liked to proudly dress their progeny in tiny versions of grownup gear. And so, when the respected general Germanicus brought his son Gaius on campaign, the tyke sported soldier’s footwear, or caligae, scaled down to his size. (Some scholars think his wife Agrippina, granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus, chose the getup to emphasize her family’s imperial pedigree.) Either affectionately or mockingly, Germanicus’ troops called the boy “Caligula,” meaning “Little Boots” or “Booties.” The nickname stuck, but Gaius reportedly hated it.

So, taking the root of "caligae," which is "calig," and adding the diminutive "ula" to it, yielded "caligula."

Now, using the same thinkology, we can take "manus," which is "hand" and add the "ula to it and come up with "Manusula."

I'm not claiming this is proper Latin syntax, but it was fun to think up.

[roamer65]

1. Trumpigula.

[soothsayer]

3. Ha!

[cyclonefence]

2. Or...

Cruel and tyrannical Emperor Caligula ruled Ancient Rome through fear and terror. Rampaging through Rome committing murder, adultery and acts of debauchery, his reign came to an abrupt end when he was brutally assassinated after only four years.

[2naSalit]

4. I'll go with this explanation.

[bullimiami]

5. Golfing Nero is more like.

[happybird]

6. At least Caligula had creativity and imagination

and the driving passion to make his ideas into reality. The same definitely cannot be said about Captain Shitshow.

[JHB]

7. I'll just go with bad fake Latin that people who don't know Latin will still recognize...

...like Mushroomus Dickus or Soilius Diaperus.

[Thomas Hurt]

9. Emperor Petulantus Maximus

[meadowlander]

8. Caligula had style.

He appointed a horse to the Senate and declared war on the ocean sending his soldiers out to gather seashells which he claimed were his spoils of war.

Trump is just a vulgar, grasping, ignorant little man.

The only thing they have in common is wanting to sleep with female relatives and not being removed as soon as it was obvious that they were unfit for office because they were surrounded by bootlicking toadies who thought they could use them for their own ends.