In Game of Thrones, when Littlefinger smugly claims “knowledge is power,” Cersei Lannister calmly orders her guards to seize him, draw their swords, and hold one to his throat, only to stop them with a word. “Power is power,” she reminds him. That scene hits hard because it isn’t just fantasy. It’s a blunt truth. “Power is power,” he says, echoing Cersei, not as a throwaway line, but as a principle. In his view, Donald Trump didn’t build power. He inherited it: the strength of the US dollar, the dominance of the financial system, the military muscle, and America’s unmatched economic clout.