Saturday, January 17, 2026

Ein Führer


Donald Trump is nothing like Adolf Hitler.  No, of course not.  Just because he appointed white nationalists to government positions, just because he ordered the United States' withdrawal from various treaties and global organizations, just because he's set up a secret police, just because he's persecuting racial and ethnic minorities, just because he's set up concentration camps in inhospitable locales, just because he's enabled his secret police to assassinate anyone who shows and disrespect to them, just because his regime has put out posters celebrating the American worker that look like this . . .

. . . just because the Department of Homeland Security is promoting white-nationalist propaganda, just because Trump has suggested canceling the 2026 midterms, just because he's tried to remake the landscape of Washington with oversized monumental structures, just because he's threatened to use the nation's military machine to take control of places like Greenland and Canada without a shot being fired, just because he's sent forces to the once-demilitarized state of Minnesota . . . oh no, nothing like Hitler, right?
But of course, we must remember the significant differences between the two dictators that make it clear that it's unfair to compare Trump to Hitler.  Like I said, Hitler was a decorated war veteran who loved dogs.  And . . .  

. . . say what you will, Hitler had better taste in music. 

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