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<p>If you watched <a href="http://www.someecards.com/news/politics/donald-trump-inauguration-twitter/">Donald Trump&#39;s</a> inaugural address on <a href="http://www.someecards.com/news/politics/lgbt-climate-change-white-house-website/">Friday</a> with a nagging desire to check the sky for the bat signal, there&#39;s a good reason. One of the most memorable lines from Trump&#39;s speech would fit perfectly in Bane&#39;s address to the city of Gotham in <a href="http://www.someecards.com/entertainment/movies/good-actors-bad-performances/"><em>The Dark Knight Rises</em></a>.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/dYECwneW1R">pic.twitter.com/dYECwneW1R</a></p>&mdash; Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) <a href="https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/822495850899374080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Remember Bane? The back-breaking Batman villain who nobody could stop impersonating for approximately 30 years after the movie came out?</p><p>Via Jezebel&#39;s <a href="http://theslot.jezebel.com/donald-trump-plagiarized-bane-in-his-inaugural-speech-1791429625" target="_blank"><em>The Slot</em></a>, here&#39;s some more context for the words of each NYC-based politician.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Trump after becoming president:</h2><blockquote> <p>Today&rsquo;s ceremony, however has very special meaning. Because today, we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another or from one party to another. <strong>But we are transferring power from Washington D.C. and giving it back to you... the people.</strong> For too long a small group in our nation&rsquo;s capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have born the cost.</p> </blockquote><h2>Bane after taking over Gotham:</h2><blockquote> <p>We take Gotham from the corrupt! The rich! The oppressors of generations who have kept you down with myths of opportunity, <strong>and we give it back to you... the people</strong>. Gotham is yours. None shall interfere. Do as you please. Start by storming Blackgate, and freeing the oppressed!</p> </blockquote><p>This is not the first&mdash;and won&#39;t be the last&mdash;time that Trump gets compared to a supervillain, specifically those terrorizing Gotham City. Here&#39;s <a href="http://www.someecards.com/news/politics/mark-hamill-donald-trump-tweets-joker-voice/">Mark Hamill</a> reading Trump&#39;s New Year&#39;s tweet in the voice of the Joker.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Trumpster quote #1<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ANewJeersToast?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ANewJeersToast</a> <a href="https://t.co/qZQEGU18r6">https://t.co/qZQEGU18r6</a></p>&mdash; Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) <a href="https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/817901534948179968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>So who&#39;s Batman?</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Donald Trump's inaugural address included a chilling quote from the supervillain Bane.

If you watched Donald Trump&#39;s inaugural address on Friday with a nagging desire to check the sky for the bat signal, there&#39;s a good reason. One of the most memorable lines from Trump&#39;s speech would fit perfectly in Bane&#39;s address to the city of Gotham in The Dark Knight Rises.pic.twitter.com/dYECwneW1R&mdash; Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 20, 2017 Remember Bane? The back-breaking Batman villain who nobody could stop impersonating for approximately 30 years after the movie came out?Via Jezebel&#39;s The Slot, here&#39;s some more context for the words of each NYC-based politician.Trump after becoming president: Today&rsquo;s ceremony, however has very special meaning. Because today, we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another or from one party to another. But we are transferring power from Washington D.C. and giving it back to you... the people. For too long a small group in our nation&rsquo;s capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have born the cost. Bane after taking over Gotham: We take Gotham from the corrupt! The rich! The oppressors of generations who have kept you down with myths of opportunity, and we give it back to you... the people. Gotham is yours. None shall interfere. Do as you please. Start by storming Blackgate, and freeing the oppressed! This is not the first&mdash;and won&#39;t be the last&mdash;time that Trump gets compared to a supervillain, specifically those terrorizing Gotham City. Here&#39;s Mark Hamill reading Trump&#39;s New Year&#39;s tweet in the voice of the Joker.The Trumpster quote #1#ANewJeersToast https://t.co/qZQEGU18r6&mdash; Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) January 8, 2017 So who&#39;s Batman?

If you watched Donald Trump&#39;s inaugural address on Friday with a nagging desire to check the sky for the bat signal, there&#39;s a good reason. One of the most memorable lines from Trump&#39;s speech would fit perfectly in Bane&#39;s...