It isn’t. He’s started his campaign with fascist rhetoric. He’s just saying with the emotion of a deranged fool and not the balanced charisma he had before.
Edit: Nvm. I watched the actual video. He’s still got that contemplative attitude. He was being interviewed, after all.
Because accusing the media of dishonesty is a perfectly defensible thing to do. The way Trump did it was indefensible, and reminiscent of lugenpresse, but this is a far more specific use of Nazi language and concept.
Ok, fair point. “Lying press” is a phrase harkening from the 19th C and questioning the integrity of the media in general is fine but for a president to do it as often as Trump did and for the obvious purpose of deflection and personal gain and whatever is, as you say, indefensible. Taken alone, “lying press” would be one thing but in context of everything else it’s hard to imagine he got the phrase from studying about its use prior to the 1930s.
But I agree the blood thing is more unique to Nazi language and worldview. Trump continues to make it clearer and clearer what he is about.
Hopefully anyone who cares to stop fascism isn’t waiting for him to start exterminating people en masse to be sure.
Yes, using an almost exact Hitler quote is pushing the envelope because it’s a new level for him.
It isn’t. He’s started his campaign with fascist rhetoric. He’s just saying with the emotion of a deranged fool and not the balanced charisma he had before.
Edit: Nvm. I watched the actual video. He’s still got that contemplative attitude. He was being interviewed, after all.
In his inauguration speech it was like he was channeling Hitler. Really creepy.
American carnage!
What a perfect kickoff to a never-ending clownwreck of hypocritical idiot crooks.
It’s not a new level for him, not even close.
It’s so not a new level for him. Very fine people, great genetics, etc.
You’d have to be dense to think this is new for him. Quit being naive
Wait, so when he talked about the lying press (Lügenpresse) that didn’t count because why?
Because accusing the media of dishonesty is a perfectly defensible thing to do. The way Trump did it was indefensible, and reminiscent of lugenpresse, but this is a far more specific use of Nazi language and concept.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/richard-spencer-speech-npi/508379/
They legit cheered him with an actual Nazi salute and Nazi cheer.
“Hail trump! Hail victory” or “Heil Trump! Zeig heil!” Which doesn’t sound familiar at all.
They’re just happy. I don’t see any Nazi armbands or flags, so therefore it isn’t really a Nazi dogwhistle.
#/S
Ok, fair point. “Lying press” is a phrase harkening from the 19th C and questioning the integrity of the media in general is fine but for a president to do it as often as Trump did and for the obvious purpose of deflection and personal gain and whatever is, as you say, indefensible. Taken alone, “lying press” would be one thing but in context of everything else it’s hard to imagine he got the phrase from studying about its use prior to the 1930s.
But I agree the blood thing is more unique to Nazi language and worldview. Trump continues to make it clearer and clearer what he is about.
Hopefully anyone who cares to stop fascism isn’t waiting for him to start exterminating people en masse to be sure.