I know. Some will say it's not proper to go there, that Hitler comparisons are always by definition overdone. That's usually true.
This is an unusual year, however. Donald Trump is running not just against Hillary Clinton but the very idea of liberal democracy and the rule of law.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/05/in-this-election-liberal-democracy.html
You heard what he says about his tax rate: it's none of your business. That's not what a democratic politician says but an American Putin.
Ok, you say, so call him American Putin if you must but to call him an American Hitler is a bridge too far. It's hyperbolic, over the top, and insults the real victims of Hitler's Holocaust.
I generally don't like Hitler comparisons either. However, here's an idea: someone should ask him what he thinks of Hitler and the Holocaust. I bet you'd get a very 'interesting' answer to it. Remember when someone asked him how his Muslim ban differs from Hitler and Trump responded, 'You tell me'?
Now you have GOPers calling him a 'disruptor.'
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/05/14/trump_the_disrupter_130566.html
Sure. You know who else was a disrupter? Hitler.
Hitler also hated 'bad trade deals' and blamed clever ethnic 'others' for cheating the German people.
Tell me what part of what Trump is saying here, Hitler would have had a problem with:
"Here’s what he had to say this week about The Washington Post and its owner Jeff Bezos. Appearing on Sean Hannity’s television show, Trump complained that he is being inundated with calls from the paper “asking ridiculous questions.” He also said the paper is going to write a book on him, but “the book is going to be all false stuff because the stories are so wrong,” which suggests that among Trump’s many skills he is able to review the content of books that haven’t been written."
"But Trump’s attack on the Post quickly pivoted to a darker place. “This is owned as a toy by Jeff Bezos who controls Amazon,” Trump told Hannity. “Amazon is getting away with murder tax-wise. He’s using the Washington Post for power so that the politicians in Washington don’t tax Amazon like they should be taxed.”
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/05/14/trump-offers-preview-his-authoritarian-presidency/hAs3oWxIznjrwcIdERDT0H/story.html
This from the guy who still won't release his own taxes-and who says his tax rate is no one's business.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/05/what-is-donald-trumps-tax-rate.html
Evidently, it's different for Jeff Bezos.
But Hitler would certainly have approved a crackdown on the media.
"Back in February, Trump said about Amazon “if I become president, oh do they have problems. They’re going to have such problems.” It was a charge he repeated this week. “He [Bezos] bought this paper for practically nothing,” said Trump, “and he’s using that as a tool for political power against me and against other people … and we can’t let him get away with it.”
"He also talked about changing libel laws to make it easier to sue newspapers. But his talk about Bezos is something else altogether. What he’s hinting at is that he would use the anti-trust division of the Justice Department to go after a newspaper publisher who writes stories that he doesn’t like."
"This is a direct threat. And even if Trump has no intention of following through, he is clearly trying to intimidate Bezos and in turn The Washington Post from running negative stories about him. Indeed, Trump is trying to get Bezos to use his position as owner of the paper to influence the Post’s coverage."
"By the way, why should we presume he doesn't have any intention in following through with it? How can you presume anything with a loose cannon like Donald Trump, the would be American Caesar?"
http://www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=31701
This is an unusual year, however. Donald Trump is running not just against Hillary Clinton but the very idea of liberal democracy and the rule of law.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/05/in-this-election-liberal-democracy.html
You heard what he says about his tax rate: it's none of your business. That's not what a democratic politician says but an American Putin.
Ok, you say, so call him American Putin if you must but to call him an American Hitler is a bridge too far. It's hyperbolic, over the top, and insults the real victims of Hitler's Holocaust.
I generally don't like Hitler comparisons either. However, here's an idea: someone should ask him what he thinks of Hitler and the Holocaust. I bet you'd get a very 'interesting' answer to it. Remember when someone asked him how his Muslim ban differs from Hitler and Trump responded, 'You tell me'?
Now you have GOPers calling him a 'disruptor.'
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/05/14/trump_the_disrupter_130566.html
Sure. You know who else was a disrupter? Hitler.
Hitler also hated 'bad trade deals' and blamed clever ethnic 'others' for cheating the German people.
Tell me what part of what Trump is saying here, Hitler would have had a problem with:
"Here’s what he had to say this week about The Washington Post and its owner Jeff Bezos. Appearing on Sean Hannity’s television show, Trump complained that he is being inundated with calls from the paper “asking ridiculous questions.” He also said the paper is going to write a book on him, but “the book is going to be all false stuff because the stories are so wrong,” which suggests that among Trump’s many skills he is able to review the content of books that haven’t been written."
"But Trump’s attack on the Post quickly pivoted to a darker place. “This is owned as a toy by Jeff Bezos who controls Amazon,” Trump told Hannity. “Amazon is getting away with murder tax-wise. He’s using the Washington Post for power so that the politicians in Washington don’t tax Amazon like they should be taxed.”
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/05/14/trump-offers-preview-his-authoritarian-presidency/hAs3oWxIznjrwcIdERDT0H/story.html
This from the guy who still won't release his own taxes-and who says his tax rate is no one's business.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/05/what-is-donald-trumps-tax-rate.html
Evidently, it's different for Jeff Bezos.
But Hitler would certainly have approved a crackdown on the media.
"Back in February, Trump said about Amazon “if I become president, oh do they have problems. They’re going to have such problems.” It was a charge he repeated this week. “He [Bezos] bought this paper for practically nothing,” said Trump, “and he’s using that as a tool for political power against me and against other people … and we can’t let him get away with it.”
"He also talked about changing libel laws to make it easier to sue newspapers. But his talk about Bezos is something else altogether. What he’s hinting at is that he would use the anti-trust division of the Justice Department to go after a newspaper publisher who writes stories that he doesn’t like."
"This is a direct threat. And even if Trump has no intention of following through, he is clearly trying to intimidate Bezos and in turn The Washington Post from running negative stories about him. Indeed, Trump is trying to get Bezos to use his position as owner of the paper to influence the Post’s coverage."
"By the way, why should we presume he doesn't have any intention in following through with it? How can you presume anything with a loose cannon like Donald Trump, the would be American Caesar?"
http://www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=31701
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