In October of 1415, France suffered a military defeat at the Battle of Agincourt which is legendary among the great military disasters in human history. A large portion of the French governing elite was wiped out, by a dysentery-plagued smaller force of Englishmen under Henry V (Shakespeare's "band of brothers") who had brought along their longbows.
The King of France, Charles VI, also known as "Charles the Mad," did not participate in the battle, staying home in Rouen, because he was afraid that he might break. Charles was mentally ill, and thought he was made of glass.
And yet France survived, remaining a European power of the first order during the intervening six hundred years.
We will survive Donald the Mad, who thinks he is made of beautiful gold.
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