Posted on 12/10/2017 5:27:19 AM PST by Kaslin
We’re back to this again: Donald Trump is a dictator and we could be heading down the same path as Nazi Germany. Former President Obama made similar references at an event at the Economic Club of Chicago this week. He said democracy is like a garden, it needs attention, and that growing complacent could quickly lead to things falling apart.
“That's what happened in Germany in the 1930s, which despite the democracy of the Weimar Republic and centuries of high-level cultural and scientific achievements, Adolph Hitler rose to dominate,” said Obama during a Q&A session. “Sixty million people died. . .So, you've got to pay attention. And vote.”
We’re not Germany. We certainly don’t have institutions as shoddy at the Weimar Republic. We don’t have successful, widespread communist and fascist movements that are tearing the country apart in the same way they did to Germany and the rest of Europe; the latter of which birthed one of the most nefarious authoritarian societies in history. These groups in America also have zero electoral success. Nazis and Communists are not being elected to legislatures en masse. The Left needs to relax. They just lost an election.
In the media, it’s no different. Trump is angling himself to be like Franco, Hitler and Mussolini. MSNBC’s Ali Velshi made note of this when interviewing historian Michael Beschloss on Thursday.
MSNBC’s Ali Velshi Compares President Trump to Franco, Hitler and Mussolini
Donald Trump has threatened to ban an entire religion from entering the country. He attacks the news institutions, which is what Franco, Hitler, Mussolini, and a whole bunch of other people did. Do you feel that our checks and balances in the Constitution and our political system will protect us against these potential violations of the Constitution?
The Free Beacon had a more thorough breakdown of this interview:
Velshi began by asking Beschloss how Trump's behavior compares to other presidents and commented how he could think of examples around the world, but they "tend to be dictators.""How does he compare to other presidents? Can you think of other presidents who attack our institutions as much as he does? And our cultural norms?," Velshi asked. "I can think of this all over the world in other places. They tend to be dictators."
"You're right. And we're not even 11 months into this presidency," Beschloss said.
Ruhle asked Beschloss if Trump was manipulating institutions to his favor.
"It's easy for us to say sitting on a perch–we get criticized for it–that Trump doesn't understand how our political or legal institutions work. Or does he? Is he sly like a fox? Is he manipulating the system of checks and balances to work in his favor?" Ruhle asked.
"Stephanie, you've absolutely got it," Beschloss said. "You know, he certainly does not understand it in the way that most presidents have. Most presidents come in after a career in the military or political life. And most of them have a pretty good sense of history and understanding of our democracy. Almost none of that is true of Donald Trump, but that's not the reason he's doing this. He's doing this because he wants power, wants to expand presidential power, He will be pushed and he will only stop when he is stopped."
Okay—you guys just lost an election; deal with it. Donald Trump isn’t taking your crap in the media; deal with it. Journalists are not being black bagged by secret police. Car bombs aren’t going off. This isn’t North Korea, or any real nation with a totalitarian government. We’re not Oceania. Everyone needs to relax. People wanted change. They wanted someone different, and a person who isn’t a politician, and Donald Trump is that person. The press is just getting some mud thrown their way. They’re not immune from criticism. The eight-year Obama lovefest is over. Also, the Supreme Court ruled that the latest travel ban could be enforced, so let’s dial it down on the potential Constitutional violations we may or may not be facing. Then again, this is what MSNBC does; keep liberal blood pressures at healthy levels.
MSNBC's Velshi and Ruhle Celebrate Festivus Early
Germany should have never allowed him German citizenship.
The poster must think because both have the same first name
meh
Delusional lefty
Is that some sort of friction burn rash around his mouth, or is he just really bad at applying lipstick? I suppose both are possible.
“Can you think of other presidents who attack our institutions as much as he does? And our cultural norms?,” Velshi asked.
Yes, OBAMA declared his desire to “fundamentally change America”
He undermined local and federal law enforcement.
He undermined our military.
He actively sought to undermine the constitution, via Executive Order and Regulation.
I despise that arrogant pos and all those that voted for him.
Thanks!
Oh MSNBC ,you sooo silly
I turn on the TV and the Republican party is bashed 24 hrs a day by 95 % of the TV and big print outlets. Its like the USSR for (gosh) sake.One approved party.
Yet, still the left bitches...
When being literally Hitler just isn’t good enough.
Mussolini, Franco AND Hitler!
A trifecta.
That Trump, what CAN’T he do?
Death, destruction and slavery.
Recall, most Muslims sided with Hitler in WWII.
Obama is the Won who enjoyed the whole “power trip” and is now jonesing for control and adoration; watching him as he tries to stay important and significant is pathetic. However, it truly IS the most “transparent” he’s ever been!
He’s also pissed because he and his posse spent lots of time and $1.5 billion setting up the US Digital Service/Black Hat/Google hackers to steal the election,(by hacking into vote tabulations and then changìng voting numbers), only to be ‘out-hacked’; the White Hat Intelligence people used their OWN hackers to hack into the backdoor Trojan horse (built into our voting system by and for the USDigital Services /Google/ Facebook/ Silicon Valley hackers), to build a firewall around ‘our votes’, so the Black Hats could not change the numbers and install Hilliary on her throne.
These anonymous hackers, as well as the anonymous intelligence agents who rose to the challenge, are true patriots who saved our election/country.
There is a great article on it over at aim4truth.org. I don’t usually mention other sites, but they are doing excellent work exposing (and explaining!) the criminal activity in DC- and around the world.
Even now, Mueller and Obama are grooming Deval Patrick to run against Trump in 2020....yes-Mueller, who worked at the same law firm as Patrick. Incredible...
You are a dreamer. I am a realist based on evidence accumulated since 2008. Write down these words.
“Ali” why didn’t you mention Mohammad and Pol Pot?
Trump is doing his jobs for US citizens. He is pro-American worker. Obama was a Marxist Muslim tyrant who earned himself a rope that will never be paid.
Unbelievable that people will buy these filthy lies from such a sicko.
Please mail them, to me. No human in this country is more detestable, none.
I’m very conservative with my oxygen.
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