Napoleon's bicorne headpiece, the original MAGA hat, was worth 800,000

According to Chris Carter, Napoleon wouldn't be out of place in Trump's America

In February, Donald Trump wrote, "He who saves his country does not violate any law," on the social media portal X. The French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, who, as The Guardian pointed out at the time, also "rode roughshod" over his nation's constitution, is credited with coining those words, making it an intriguing word choice.

However, some would argue that it helps explain why the US president was so unhealthy about obtaining Greenland from Denmark for the US. In addition, Trump only reminded Canadians on May 27 that if they were to "become our cherished 51st state," they would have to pay "zero dollars" to be protected by his proposed "Golden Dome" missile defense shield. The man in the White House said that if they didn't, their portion of the bill would total £61 billion.

Napoleon, who participated in his own real estate transaction with the United States in 1803, the Louisiana Purchase, would most likely be in favor.

Making America a great country.

Trump was given the chance to examine a significant historical artifact from that transaction up close on June 6th, when Sotheby's in New York revealed the green leather portfolio that is thought to have contained the documents transferring 800,000 square miles to the newly formed US. In addition to the present-day state of Louisiana, the region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains includes a sizable portion of the territory of fourteen additional states and, as Trump might be interested in mentioning, portions of contemporary Canada. At four cents per acre, the US gave France £15 million in exchange.

The portfolio features Francois Barb-Marbois's name in gold lettering. He was the man who spearheaded the negotiations on Napoleon's behalf to "keep the British from ruling America the way they rule Asia," as his boss put it. Today, the Washington Archives houses the documents it held.

In order to generate interest in additional Napoleonic artifacts from the collection of French television personality and collector Pierre-Jean Chalenon, which will be up for auction on June 25 in Paris, Sotheby's put the portfolio on display. Among them is Napoleon's handwritten codicil, which divided his "modest" belongings among his supporters. According to Sothebys, the deposed emperor wrote it "in a moment of illness, paranoia and isolation" while living in exile in Saint Helena.

It is anticipated to bring in up to £500,000. Additionally, the grand portrait of the emperor in his robes, from the studio of Franois-Pascal-Simon Baron Grard, is estimated to sell for up to 300,000, as is the ceremonial "sword and stick" used in his coronation in 1804, which has a pre-sale value of up to 400,000. However, Trump, who enjoys bold headgear, might be most drawn to the headline lot of Napoleon's bicorne hat, which the emperor wore en bataillethat is, with the wings parallel to his shouldersto make sure he stood out both on the battlefield and in public. It has a maximum value of 800,000.