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So NOW do we get to call him Hitler? (Original Post) Soph0571 Apr 2019 OP
No onenote Apr 2019 #1
Kidding aside, calling him hitler or a nazi makes it seem disingenuous. Thomas Hurt Apr 2019 #2
Austrian is not German Shoonra Apr 2019 #3
Trump Mocks Warren's Native American Heritage Claim, But Falsely Claimed His Family Was Swedish keithbvadu2 Apr 2019 #4
No. cwydro Apr 2019 #5
NO! nt Raine Apr 2019 #6

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
2. Kidding aside, calling him hitler or a nazi makes it seem disingenuous.
Thu Apr 4, 2019, 07:00 PM
Apr 2019

Trump is a fascist, a contemporary American fascist.

scapegoating - not Jews but Illegals
racist - not Jews but anyone brown
misogynistic - pay lip service to modern women, still objectifying them as broodmares
religion co-opting - Trump is at best a marginal Christian but he plays one on tv.
corporatist - trying to manage the corporate power base by demanding they do this or that to suit his agenda. huge tax breaks
ultranationalist - hugging flags, touch myself rallies, enemies of people, blah, blah, blah
militaristic - fancy military parades, spending more and more money on military
authoritarian - thinks he is above the law, fascination with strongmen and dictators
anti-intellectual - attacks on the "elite" the media, disdain for the arts
propagandist - tweets, social media, allies of the alt-right on social media as well as the traditional means of demagoguery, big lies, gaslighting, marketing initiatives.

Shoonra

(523 posts)
3. Austrian is not German
Thu Apr 4, 2019, 09:15 PM
Apr 2019

Hitler was Austrian, not German, a fact that Germans will emphasize. There's a very cute image about Trump being told that.

You could call Trump the Kaiser. That's German.

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