I was never a big fan of Trump / Hitler comparisons. For one thing, as bad as Trump is...and, to me, he is a horrible, evil man and by far the worst president in the history of the U.S. of A....he hasn't (yet) come close to the unimaginable horror of The Holocaust. In fact, to call Trump "Hitler" seems to insult the memory of The Holocaust by making it equivalent to Trump's actions...and that just isn't right.
That said, however, when I look at Trump it makes me look at Hitler in a different way. Hitler always seemed to me a very fearsome creature...an intimidating, violent man...a scary person. Trump, on the other hand, always seems like a big pussy to me. He simpers, he minces, he sniffs. I have never thought that I would be afraid of him if I met him. But when you watch him firing up his followers, that certainly is scary...and certainly does look a lot like Hitler and his devotees. (It's just a matter of time before Trump's people start Sieg Heiling, isn't it? Of course, they'll probably go for some variation of it so that it's not Obvious obvious. I'm kind of surprised that they haven't already started on this, actually.)
So now I'm wondering about Hitler: "Were there Germans in the 30s and 40s who were looking at you and thinking, 'This stupid man is just crazy pussy. No need to worry about him."
Which is a long way of saying maybe I was wrong in thinking that Trump / Hitler comparisons were immoderate.
I am hoping that time doesn't tell.
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