“In the dying days of 2025, Donald Trump wants to be more Maximus than POTUS as a new video from the White House today laughably tries to assert,” Deadline reports.“Grabbing that pivotal battle scene at the beginning of Ridley Scott and Universal‘s 2000 blockbuster Gladiator, the White House today posted a ‘Just Getting Started’ pastiche video of Russell Crowe‘s Maximus Decimus Meridius and the awkward 79-year-old Trump. The unflattering cut and paste result floats under the header of ‘President Trump preparing his team for 2026.’”