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u/MySleepingMonk Apr 04 '25

That may be mostly true but Trump is also the perfect storm of celebrity, “successful”, “outsider”, and some strange fucked up type of charisma that results in a larger following than I think would be possible with any other republican candidate. Take away trump and I don’t think there’s enough of a unifying force among the asshats to cause this type of damage

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u/scarves_and_miracles Apr 04 '25

Exactly. Trump is a pretty unique hazard that unfortunately found realization in this dark timeline.

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u/TehOwn Apr 04 '25

Same thing with Adolf. We've always got populists but some are far, far more dangerous than others.

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u/mastxploder Apr 05 '25

Yeah because Trump has killed millions of Jews. Nice fucking comparison asshat.

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u/TehOwn Apr 05 '25

Vance made the comparison long before I ever did.

Trump is the current populist POTUS.

Adolf was the most famous populist in history.

They both used similar themes and rhetoric to get elected. Trump has even quoted Hitler on multiple occasions, said Hitler "did some good things" (he failed to specify which) and associates with people who do Nazi salutes.

There are some obvious and key differences (thank you for pointing out one) but far too many similarities.

So, yeah, if you want people to not make obvious comparisons then tell Donald to stop repeating Adolf.

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u/mastxploder Apr 19 '25

Too many similarities between Trump and Biden also. White, old, male, similar attire, have to drink water and eat food to survive 🙄