Gosh, how do the Trumps keep "accidentally" hanging out with Hitler fanboys?

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Gosh, how do the Trumps keep "accidentally" hanging out with Hitler fanboys?
Eric Trump wants to hide it, but he's speaking alongside anti-semites at a QAnon-linked rally at a Trump resort

By AMANDA MARCOTTE
Senior Writer
PUBLISHED MAY 11, 2023 6:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) Late last year, Donald Trump had dinner with a couple of Hitler fanboys, a dinner he was so honored to host that he greeted it with great pomp and made sure it was in full view of the regular guests in the dining room of Mar-a-Lago. One of the Hitler apologists was rapper Kanye West, whose recent turn to the far right appears related to his well-documented severe mental health issues. The other Hitler admirer, Nick Fuentes, is a well-known incel troll and the head of the fascist America First group. Trump's efforts to spin his dinner after the fact were limp even by his standards, saying he didn't know who Fuentes was, a claim roughly no one believed. Sadly, as Heather "Digby" Parton correctly predicted at Salon, none of this has made a dent in Trump's status in the GOP. If anything, Republican voters keep rallying to his side, predictably pleased that Nazi-snuggling has the liberal-triggering effect they crave.

This likely answers the question posited by Rachel Maddow on her MSNBC show Monday night: How is it that Trump's son, Eric Trump, and a number of other figures in the Trump orbit "are going ahead with" an event this weekend that prominently features Hitler-friendly speakers? As Maddow pointed out, both MSNBC and Media Matters have spent "months" highlighting this event, scheduled for May 12 and 13 at the Trump National Doral resort in Miami. But, after Trump's famous dinner with Hitler apologists, he and his people seem to have decided there's no political downside to being seen rubbing shoulders with the Mein Kampf crowd.

No doubt many will dismiss this characterization as an exaggeration, which is one way Trump gets away with this stuff. But no, the speakers for this ReAwaken America event, which was co-founded by former Trump aide and current QAnon celebrity Michael Flynn, really are that terrible. Podcaster Scott McKay told his audience last year, "Hitler was actually fighting the same people that we're trying to take down today," and blamed Jews for 9/11. Right wing commentator Charlie Ward posted a Hitler speech with the caption "Hitler was warning us about the ruling class" of "Freemasonry, Judaism, Communism, Globalism, Race Wars, NWO, the Cabal & the Bankers."

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In neither case can these be waved off as a one-off (as if that would excuse it.) Media Matters has lengthy dossiers on both men, showing long histories of antisemitism, Holocaust denial, and championing Hitler as a brave truthteller. They are scheduled to speak alongside Eric Trump and his wife Lara Trump. The conference found, Flynn, has also promoted antisemitism and blamed Jewish victims for their own deaths in the Holocaust.

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Normal people, of course, do not feel defensive when someone points out that Nazis tend to be violent. But for the MAGA crowd, that accusation stings in an incredibly personal way. Unsurprising, given the Hitler apologism on their favorite online channels and featured at their conferences. With the heat turned up, it seems Eric Trump is also feeling a little worried that it might reflect badly on him, helping promote the careers of men who complain about how the Jews "helped engineer the takedown of Hitler" and, in doing so, "mandated the destruction of Germany." .............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2023/05/11/gosh-how-do-the-keep-accidentally-hanging-out-with-hitler-fanboys/

[live love laugh]

1. True: "... Hitler was actually fighting the same people..."

[Blue Owl]

2. I wonder if Gums and Chuck strolled hand in hand through Harlan Crow's Garden of Dictators?

And had a special moment together in front of the Hitler statue?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. How does TIFG, Eric and Lara look Ivanka and Jared in the eye?

My guess is that Ivanka and Jared STAY AWAY from this family as much as possible. The Grandchildren will have to be told the truth that their uncles and Grandfather HATE the Jews as much as the Nazis did.

[EYESORE 9001]

4. I won't speak to his religious convictions or lack thereof

He’s a miserable excuse for a human being who sells out every other so-called ‘principle’ he claims, so why would his religion be any different?

[2naSalit]

5. He wants to hide it...

Yet he is also whining about suing Rachel Maddow for telling on him.

[burrowowl]

6. Kick

[Kennah]

7. Worst luck ever

[Wonder Why]

8. The NEO-Nazis hang out with the Trumps because they know that

Donald and Eric are True Believers.

[Midnight Writer]

9. Shit draws flies.