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A Drunk Eminence Grise

The term Eminence Grise originally referred to François Leclerc du Tremblay, Cardinal Richeleau’s righthand man, who wore an austere grey robe whilst performing his duties far from the limelight. Famously Dick Cheney acted as GW Bush’s éminence grise instructing the president on national security and foreign policy and the little known Dick Ross advised Reagan, […]