Trump wanted US military generals to emulate generals of the third Reich and treat him like he was Hitler:
It turned out that the generals had rules, standards, and expertise, not blind loyalty. The President’s loud complaint to John Kelly one day was typical: “You fucking generals, why can’t you be like the German generals?”
“Which generals?” Kelly asked.
“The German generals in World War II,” Trump responded.
“You do know that they tried to kill Hitler three times and almost pulled it off?” Kelly said.
But, of course, Trump did not know that. “No, no, no, they were totally loyal to him,” the President replied. In his version of history, the generals of the Third Reich had been completely subservient to Hitler; this was the model he wanted for his military. Kelly told Trump that there were no such American generals, but the President was determined to test the proposition. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/inside-the-war-between-trump-and-his-generals
Trump, not a man known for his literacy, kept a book of Hitler's speeches by his bed and would read it sometimes:
Ivana Trump told her lawyer Michael Kennedy that from time to time her husband reads a book of Hitler’s collected speeches, My New Order, which he keeps in a cabinet by his bed. Kennedy now guards a copy of My New Order in a closet at his office, as if it were a grenade. Hitler’s speeches, from his earliest days up through the Phony War of 1939, reveal his extraordinary ability as a master propagandist. https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2015/07/donald-ivana-trump-divorce-prenup-marie-brenner
Then there's this:
Donald Trump appears to take aspects of his German background seriously. John Walter works for the Trump Organization, and when he visits Donald in his office, Ivana told a friend, he clicks his heels and says, “Heil Hitler,” possibly as a family joke.
Trump seems to aspire to be Hitler-like, and he even tried to take supreme dictatorial power through populism, lies and propaganda like Hitler did.
Y'all libs better pull your head out your ass, get armed with whatever you think you can handle, learn safety and train.
Remember last month when Hamas invaded Israel? There was a man at that music festival quoted saying, "All I could think was I wished I had some way to fight back. I felt so helpless."
And that's a nation where military service is compulsory and they get to take their battle rifle home.
Armed and peaceful or unarmed and harmless. Pick one.
And if you find that distasteful, take a WWII European history class and get back to me.
You may want to re-evaluate your outrage. The left and right are both guilty of using dehumanizing language against their opposition. This is far from “Straight up Nazi talk”. I look forward to your rational and well thought out replies.
While I disagree with some of your points I respect your opinion and appreciate your reply. I think language is an important thing in our society, and we must choose our words carefully, now more than ever. I think any call to violence regardless of the political leanings of the speaker is the wrong choice. I agree that a former presidents words will reach more ears, however those words and actions should be weighed equally for all. Thank you for replying!
It does, though. Antisemitism is the cornerstone of Nazism. Not just genocide, but the destruction of Jews. Trump and the modern GOP are racist, genocidal fascists, but not Nazis.
First they came for the Transgendered and I did not speak up because I was not Transgendered….replace transgendered with whatever you like, immigrants, gays, liberals, conservatives. No one should be treated as less than human just because you disagree with them.
I don't even know how this is meant to respond to my comment. Trump and the GOP are racist, genocidal fascists. They're not Nazis. Nazism and antisemitism are inextricable. "Pro-Israel Nazism" makes as much sense as "pro-USA Communism."