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The Strangest Thing About ‘Semi-Fascist’ Trump
American Greatness ^ | 8/28/2022 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 08/29/2022 7:12:54 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111

For the Left, Donald Trump is synonymous with “fascism” (or “semi-fascism,” as Joe Biden put it the other day). And for Liz Cheney and most of the NeverTrumpers, he remains an existential threat to democracy.

But to quantify those charges, what exactly has Trump done extralegally—as opposed to his bombast and braggadocio about what he might have wished to have done?

And what are the standards by which to judge this supposed menace? Did Trump illegally and with a mere signature nullify over $300 billion of contracted student loans—to firm up his college-student and college-graduate base nine weeks before the midterm elections?

(Excerpt) Read more at amgreatness.com ...


TOPICS: Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2024election; donaldtrump; duplicate; joebiden
The attacks on Trump just won't end. Hanson is really good, but I worry about him as he was really anti-Trump years ago. Is he just following along?
1 posted on 08/29/2022 7:12:54 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
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To: whyilovetexas111

He bases his thinking on results. Most people, at least those with more than two active brain cells, acknowledge reality.


2 posted on 08/29/2022 7:17:04 AM PDT by McGavin999
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To: whyilovetexas111

To the Left, if you are right of Marxist, you are “Fascist”.


3 posted on 08/29/2022 7:23:28 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: whyilovetexas111
Definition from 1910 Websters College Dictionary (From memory...)

Facism; " Government control of business and industry, government control of media and the press, government control of education, and forcible suppression of dissent. "

the 1930 Websters dictionary said essential the same but added "and especially from the right" or something to that effect.

4 posted on 08/29/2022 7:33:00 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: rbg81

If Trump is a fascist he’s the worst fascist ever. biden,on the other hand....


5 posted on 08/29/2022 7:54:09 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" LStar)
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To: whyilovetexas111

To big government democrats, freedom is measured by how much power the government has. Fascism occurs when government is limited.


6 posted on 08/29/2022 7:56:00 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

This country has become “idiocracy” personified. They have no idea what a fascist is -


7 posted on 08/29/2022 8:20:58 AM PDT by Paco
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To: whyilovetexas111
Before the 2020 election, Hanson published a book entitled The Case for Trump. He is still bothered by some aspects of Trump's personality but seems to be strongly on his side.
8 posted on 08/29/2022 8:24:39 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

“Fascism; “ Government control of business and industry, government control of media and the press, government control of education, and forcible suppression of dissent. “”

Describes the Rats to a T.


9 posted on 08/29/2022 8:25:32 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
the 1930 Websters dictionary said essential the same but added "and especially from the right" or something to that effect.

And yet Mussolini was a Communist before he founded the Fascist party.

10 posted on 08/29/2022 8:25:58 AM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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Paco; Anything the left and DemSoc party oppose is facist. It is misused to the point that the meaning of the word is pretty much gone.
That is the point of course, so that younger uneducated people do not look in the mirror and realize that they are the facists.


11 posted on 08/29/2022 8:33:42 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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