There are comparisons of the three American strongmen to that of Rome's original 1st Triumvirate.
- Trump = Pompey
- Elon = Crassus
- JD Vance = Caesar
But the Roman strongmen were actual war chieftains, they were much better men than a merchant->commander, a merchant->tech prophet, and a lawyer.
You need Trump's populist right for rank and file warriors. Trump inspires military and para-military recruitment (Pete Hegseth and Erik Prince).
You need Elon's tech right for hypersonic weapons and kill bots. Elon inspires the recruitment of tech priests (see the young man who AI decoded the Herculaneum scrolls).