@Miriamm

Like Hitler he has no special skills except the ability to create chaos and take advantage of any opportunities that arise from it. Well, that and the complete lack of conscience that allows him to promise his base that they can be as selfish and yet unaccountable as he is.

@Miriamm I've found myself relying on the idea that Trump's much older than Hitler and any mandatory minimums are likely to be a life sentence.

Which then just punts to the hope no one can exploit his cult of personality after he passes...

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Yes I agree. However Trump is the figure head. Remember over 70 million people voted for him. It rots from the bottom. Trump is the distraction

@Miriamm It’s easy to focus on the relatively minor differences while missing the bigger pattern. Trump is crafty - when he does things that seem dumb, it’s worth making sure he isn’t playing a different game.

Trump knows how Hitler came to power. And Putin, and Duterte. With Bannon’s help, he might try to manufacture a version of the Reichstag fire, or the apartment building explosions in Russia in 1999.

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And he is now trying to become Speaker, just two accidents away from being President.

And he does not want to go to jail.

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Don't forget the courts. The courts in Weimar Germany were filled with right wing judges who were left over from the monarchy and were almost as partisan as Clarence Thomas. Any socialist or anarchist who tried the beer hall coup would have been sentenced to death IF they got a trial. The judge at Hitler's trial praised him for acting out of patriotism, and political murders by the right were nearly always let off.

@Miriamm Okay scratch that...

Putting him up against the editor (without the dalek paymasters) with instant recall of everything he's ever said, would cut him down to size...