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Trump opened the meeting by boasting that millions of Americans had welcomed his presidency with jubilation, then outlined his plans for expunging key government officials and filling their positions with loyalists. At this point he turned to his main agenda item: the empowering law that, he argued, would give him the time (four years, according to the stipulations laid out in the draft of the law) and the authority necessary to make good on his campaign promises to revive the economy, reduce unemployment, increase military spending, withdraw from international treaty obligations, purge the country of foreigners he claimed were poisoning the blood of the nation, and exact revenge on political opponents. Heads will roll in the sand, Trump had vowed at one rally.
Oh, wait, sorry.
Here's the real passage:
Hitler opened the meeting by boasting that millions of Germans had welcomed his chancellorship with jubilation, then outlined his plans for expunging key government officials and filling their positions with loyalists. At this point he turned to his main agenda item: the empowering law that, he argued, would give him the time (four years, according to the stipulations laid out in the draft of the law) and the authority necessary to make good on his campaign promises to revive the economy, reduce unemployment, increase military spending, withdraw from international treaty obligations, purge the country of foreigners he claimed were poisoning the blood of the nation, and exact revenge on political opponents. Heads will roll in the sand, Hitler had vowed at one rally.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/hitler-germany-constitution-authoritarianism/681233/

Wounded Bear
(62,541 posts)Irish_Dem
(72,560 posts)It is eerie.
PatSeg
(50,638 posts)He's working out of the same playbook. It is no coincidence.
Irish_Dem
(72,560 posts)Musk even making the nazi salutes.
PatSeg
(50,638 posts)how in-your-face it all is. They're not being subtle and I think it is intentional. They'll punish anyone who tries to stop them and their families.
Irish_Dem
(72,560 posts)They can brag how powerful they are, how smart, how much control they have over everyone.
Wounded Bear
(62,541 posts)Irish_Dem
(72,560 posts)Magoo48
(6,527 posts)Thank You Canada. Please send your movement down here.
COL Mustard
(7,517 posts)It echoes. We should all be very concerned about what he is doing.
Shipwack
(2,781 posts)... with a baseball bat and yells, "Weren't you listening the first time?".
Glorfindel
(10,137 posts)Oh, to what abysmal depths we have sunk as a nation!
The Roux Comes First
(1,749 posts)Somewhat analogous to how crowd sizes and other human metrics no longer are tied for him and his to information readily perceived with the human senses.
Most of us have likely encountered more like stoicism and embarrassment, not to say fear, as the predominant human emotions since the adornment.
uponit7771
(93,097 posts)Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)1.) The support of the richest person on the planet (both his wealth and technical finesse).
2.) Project 2025 and the Heritage Foundation.
That's why Trump is moving so much faster.
But the real comparison is between Elon Musk and Adolf Hitler.
dweller
(26,855 posts)About draining the swamp
said both dictators
https://archive.ph/7mNyu
✌🏻
jayschool2013
(2,590 posts)And thanks!
When Hitler wondered whether the army could be used to crush any public unrest, Defense Minister Werner von Blomberg dismissed the idea out of hand, observing that a soldier was trained to see an external enemy as his only potential opponent. As a career officer, Blomberg could not imagine German soldiers being ordered to shoot German citizens on German streets in defense of Hitlers (or any other German) government.
Hitler had campaigned on the promise of draining the parliamentarian swampden parlamentarischen Sumpfonly to find himself now foundering in a quagmire of partisan politics and banging up against constitutional guardrails. He responded as he invariably did when confronted with dissenting opinions or inconvenient truths: He ignored them and doubled down.
progressoid
(51,639 posts)Time for more gin and tequila.
EndlessWire
(7,979 posts)For me, the answer is Fudge, lots of Fudge. My supplier must wonder what the hell I am doing with it, as I keep ordering more and more. Pretty soon they'll back a truck up to my door. No questions asked.
SergeStorms
(19,670 posts)I don't drink alcohol or smoke weed anymore. Unfortunately, I'm diabetic as well.
I guess I'll bury my shock and sorrows in an extra serving of broccoli. It falls quite a bit short of the other "escapism" choices, though. ☹️
electric_blue68
(22,468 posts)How about ?a %90 Dark chocolate very little sugar. Thinking maaaaybe w some kind of nuts that the fiber would mitigate the small amount of sugar.
As a dark chocoholic 😄 I always want to support a chocolate lover.
If you're a milk chocolate lover, maaaybe over time you can learn to like, even love really dark chocolate.
Just some thoughts
live love laugh
(15,662 posts)jayschool2013
(2,590 posts)and amaro.
barbtries
(30,604 posts)is trying to outdo hitler.
dchill
(42,660 posts)Mr.Bee
(1,035 posts)
valleyrogue
(2,227 posts)Kid Berwyn
(21,386 posts)
The streets of our country are in turmoil. The Universities are filled with students rebelling and rioting. Communists are seeking to destroy our country. Russia is threatening us with her might and the republic is in danger. Yes, danger from within and without. We need law and order. Yes, without law and order our nation cannot survive. Elect us and we shall restore law and order."
Adolph Hilter, Hamburg, Germany, 1932.