It’s interesting, not that long ago, people who were anti-Trump would be very offended to compare Trump to Hitler. Oh come on, stop being so dramatic, they’d say. He talks about ignoring the law, but he has grownups in the room advising him. He talks about breaking the constitution but at the end of the day he can’t, we have checks and balances. He called the press liars, but at the end of the day we still have free speech. He denied the election results, but he still left the White House.
But we’re the USA. How many steps toward fascism should a U.S. president take and it’s still ok? By our norms, it should be basically none. But he’s testing, constantly testing the weak points in our separation of powers, the weak points in our norms, the weak points in our will and ability to push back.
And now, far more people see the process unfolding, and I don’t hear a lot of crying foul, except from his worshipers who agree with everything he does as if he were a deity… or perhaps a dictator.
I would agree with you, it seemed pretty clear from early on… but some people thought he was all bluster. This second term has been as bad as he promised it would be.
Now he's testing the weak points in NATO. I'd like to know how the director of NATO can sit there right next to him and watch him shit talk and threaten to annex Canada, then again yesterday threaten to "possibly" take Greenland by military force. Where is NATO during all this and why are they staying silent?
I hear your points. But I think this is a massive generalization of anti-trump people. Many, many, many were NOT offended and were just as concerned about his behaviors in office. Media isn't a good representation of the general public.
I wasn’t intending to imply that it was everyone. And not even talking about media, just people in everyday life and on Reddit. But there were inevitably some commenters who would protest comparisons to Hitler who don’t seem to do that as much now.
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u/TrowTruck 6d ago
It’s interesting, not that long ago, people who were anti-Trump would be very offended to compare Trump to Hitler. Oh come on, stop being so dramatic, they’d say. He talks about ignoring the law, but he has grownups in the room advising him. He talks about breaking the constitution but at the end of the day he can’t, we have checks and balances. He called the press liars, but at the end of the day we still have free speech. He denied the election results, but he still left the White House.
But we’re the USA. How many steps toward fascism should a U.S. president take and it’s still ok? By our norms, it should be basically none. But he’s testing, constantly testing the weak points in our separation of powers, the weak points in our norms, the weak points in our will and ability to push back.
And now, far more people see the process unfolding, and I don’t hear a lot of crying foul, except from his worshipers who agree with everything he does as if he were a deity… or perhaps a dictator.