Thanks for your response. To be clear, you are aware of these Hitler-like facts regarding Donald Trump (just to list the ones that first come to mind):
He is widely supported by white supremacists and has proudly supported them in return: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23484314/trump-fuentes-ye-dinner-white-nationalism-supremacy
After the violent and deadly white supremacist-led rally in Charlotesville in 2017 which featured Nazi and Neo-Nazi rally-goers, Trump remarked that there were “very fine people on both sides”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally and https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116973/documents/HHRG-118-ED00-20240417-SD006.pdf.
As president he issued an executive order which banned entry to the US for people from a variety of muslim countries.
His own running mate once ruminated that he could be “America’s Hitler”.
He wife said he used to keep a book of Hitler’s speeches by his bedside and jokingly had an employee greet him with “Heil, Hitler”. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-kept-hitler-speeches-by-his-bed-resurfaced-ivana-interview-reveals
He has literally quoted Hitler in his speeches, saying illegal immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of Americans, an exact parallel to Hitler saying Jewish people were poisoning the blood of Germans. https://apnews.com/article/trump-hitler-poison-blood-history-f8c3ff512edd120252596a4743324352
According to him, “Hitler did some good things”. https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2024/03/13/trump-hitler-putin-kim-jong-un-john-kelly
In speeches he often describes plans to do massive-scale round ups of illegal immigrants into “camps” and mass deportations if he is elected again.
I would apologize for the relatively undiplomatic nature of my writing but the time for long-winded slow-moving discourse is long passed. There are barely 3 months left until the 2024 election which may prove to be one of the singular most important moments in human history.
If anyone is still undecided on this subject, please set aside a day this week to do your own research, come to a conclusion, and get to work. We need you.
I also disagree that this post seems genuine. The author is clearly well informed and yet has left out the most glaring red flags of another Trump presidency, instead painting a picture of what a typical rational actor at the head of a democractic goverment might do. This feels misinformed at best and misleading at worst.
I think it’s a mistake to try to predict Donald Trump’s behavior in a second term based on any previous policy-specific statements or actions as he has clearly demonstrated his propensity to lie and say anything in order to gain power. If elected, Trump will consolidate power (as he already has to an alarming extent) and will no longer need to satisfy constituents (other than the ultra-rich). He will see AI as just another tool he can wield to gain and maintain his own power. Would you have wanted Hitler to have gotten the atomic bomb first if he had pledged to regulate nuclear power?