Thank you Will Saletan--I really appreciate how you methodically break down so many issues or incidents. Do you think that someone who has read Hitler, like Stephen Miller, is purposely putting these statements into Trump's speeches?
everything's incipient until it isn't. it makes more sense to compare the incipient Hitler to the current Trump -- and not be fearful (as journalists have long been trained to do) of making analogies.
Trump isn’t more and more taking on the features that define a fascist. Trump could be defined as a fascist years ago. That he differs from Hitler is merely a matter of degree, not substance. That his “administration” hasn’t murdered millions yet doesn’t mean he wouldn’t, and just like in Germany, there are plenty of his countrymen who would happily go along. Just note the glee so many “conservatives” expressed about the murder of Renee Good, or Alligator Auschwitz. Oh, sorry, did I say Auschwitz? I mean Alcatraz, Alligator Alcatraz. My mistake.
Every single day I contact my elected leaders offices via email, fax or phone call. I continue to point out Trump’s failures, the reasons why he is manifestly unfit for the Oval Office, and for Republican Leadership to take back their oversight and remove him from office.
Unfortunately my Congresspersons are Lindsey “Lickspittle” Graham, Tim MIA Scott & Nancy Freakin’ Mace. Everyone can see where this country is headed, because we have history as a blueprint. The Helsinki Treason Summit was the final straw for me, as a registered Republican for 40 years. I couldn’t take his lies anymore! Now he is even more unleashed and he is destroying the future for our children & grandchildren. Congress is totally abdicating their responsibility here - and for what, exactly?
It’s worth remembering that in 1938 Hitler wasn’t like Hitler. It wasn’t until after the war that we became aware of the full horrors of the holocaust.
I have thought for some time that Stephen Miller is a Goring wannabe. Perhaps even more powerful since Trump is both dumber and less crazy than Hitler.
Hitler didn't start with camps either. It started with the office of resettlement. Plus the current detention centers are, by any measure, camps. Germany didn't create death camps until Barbarosa. The concentration camps were prisons.
Nazism didn't reach it's final form in 1932. It escalated over time. Kristalnacht wasn't the day Hitler took over.
Will, Thanks for the piece. The moral of the story is clear. However, where do you think Trump gets these thoughts? We know he's not very bright, ok, we know he's an idiot. So who is directing all this threatening hate speech? Who in this administration is a student of Nazism? Steven Miller is the guy who has made this his life long ambition and somehow has found the way to make Trump believe this will make him the greatest force in history. Miller is the most dangerous man in America at the moment. He's behind the ICE terrorism, he's behind the ignoring of the rule of law and he's behind the bullying on the world stage. Our best chance to stop him is to keep saying he's in charge, keep saying he's manipulating Trump and he's the guy using the violent intimidation tactics on the Republicans in Congress. We must say it loud, we must say it often and we need to start now.
Thank you Will Saletan--I really appreciate how you methodically break down so many issues or incidents. Do you think that someone who has read Hitler, like Stephen Miller, is purposely putting these statements into Trump's speeches?
everything's incipient until it isn't. it makes more sense to compare the incipient Hitler to the current Trump -- and not be fearful (as journalists have long been trained to do) of making analogies.
Trump isn’t more and more taking on the features that define a fascist. Trump could be defined as a fascist years ago. That he differs from Hitler is merely a matter of degree, not substance. That his “administration” hasn’t murdered millions yet doesn’t mean he wouldn’t, and just like in Germany, there are plenty of his countrymen who would happily go along. Just note the glee so many “conservatives” expressed about the murder of Renee Good, or Alligator Auschwitz. Oh, sorry, did I say Auschwitz? I mean Alcatraz, Alligator Alcatraz. My mistake.
Every single day I contact my elected leaders offices via email, fax or phone call. I continue to point out Trump’s failures, the reasons why he is manifestly unfit for the Oval Office, and for Republican Leadership to take back their oversight and remove him from office.
Unfortunately my Congresspersons are Lindsey “Lickspittle” Graham, Tim MIA Scott & Nancy Freakin’ Mace. Everyone can see where this country is headed, because we have history as a blueprint. The Helsinki Treason Summit was the final straw for me, as a registered Republican for 40 years. I couldn’t take his lies anymore! Now he is even more unleashed and he is destroying the future for our children & grandchildren. Congress is totally abdicating their responsibility here - and for what, exactly?
Putin, Hitler, maybe Voldemort too?
It’s worth remembering that in 1938 Hitler wasn’t like Hitler. It wasn’t until after the war that we became aware of the full horrors of the holocaust.
I have thought for some time that Stephen Miller is a Goring wannabe. Perhaps even more powerful since Trump is both dumber and less crazy than Hitler.
Hitler didn't start with camps either. It started with the office of resettlement. Plus the current detention centers are, by any measure, camps. Germany didn't create death camps until Barbarosa. The concentration camps were prisons.
Nazism didn't reach it's final form in 1932. It escalated over time. Kristalnacht wasn't the day Hitler took over.
Will, Thanks for the piece. The moral of the story is clear. However, where do you think Trump gets these thoughts? We know he's not very bright, ok, we know he's an idiot. So who is directing all this threatening hate speech? Who in this administration is a student of Nazism? Steven Miller is the guy who has made this his life long ambition and somehow has found the way to make Trump believe this will make him the greatest force in history. Miller is the most dangerous man in America at the moment. He's behind the ICE terrorism, he's behind the ignoring of the rule of law and he's behind the bullying on the world stage. Our best chance to stop him is to keep saying he's in charge, keep saying he's manipulating Trump and he's the guy using the violent intimidation tactics on the Republicans in Congress. We must say it loud, we must say it often and we need to start now.
As do those who have joined his Bored of Peace clown show