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President Trump shared a letter favorably comparing him to Adolf Hitler, Atilla the Hun, and other murderous leaders, just hours after signing his controversial memorandum of understanding with Iran at the Versailles Palace in France.
Trump shared a post on Truth Social, attributed to "Presidential Historian Dave King."
"Donald Trump is, without question, the most powerful man that the planet has ever known- by a long way. Historically, powerful people were characterised by brutal conquest and the fear that they instilled in the populations that came under their influence. Common names that would come to mind are Alexander the Great, the Caesars, Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, Tamburlaine, Napoleon and, more recently, Hitler, Mao, and Stalin," read the letter. "The overwhelming difference between each of the above when compared with President Trump is their lack of global reach. Their power was limited to restricted local areas (even though some of these areas were quite large in a local context). They had nowhere near the control over modern logistics, manpower, technology, and the global economic muscle that President Trump can enforce.
"Hitler repeated Napoleon's mistake in Russia. Mao and Lenin had access to immense power within the Chinese and Russian populations and some of their satellite states. They maintained this power through fear and authoritarianism. But, they lacked the economic and technology resources of the new industrial power, the USA, which resulted in the Cold War and prevented them from ever having a meaningful global reach," the letter continued. "Additionally, President Trump is the first leader to be willing to use that power on a global scale. That makes him by far the most powerful person that has EVER walked this planet."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-seriously-compares-himself-hitler-124743945.html
Dumbass tRump thought that post was from the historian but was from an impostor using Dave King's name
UpInArms
(55,586 posts)surfered
(14,912 posts)twodogsbarking
(19,721 posts)LearnedHand
(5,669 posts)GreenWave
(12,880 posts)Like the grade school bully who steals your report and puts his name on it, so too did he try that with the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.
He destroyed the NAFTA agreement and replaced it with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which took effect on July 1, 2020. He criticized NAFTA as detrimental to U.S. jobs and manufacturing, claiming it was "the worst trade deal ever made."But and this is way bigger than his butt...
https://www.epi.org/publication/did-trump-really-fix-nafta-what-usmca-failed-to-do-and-how-to-put-workers-first-in-north-american-trade/
He also destroyed the US Iran deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), failing to get a better deal than the "worst deal in the history of the world."
LuvLoogie
(9,024 posts)RetiredParatrooper
(262 posts)LuvLoogie
(9,024 posts)Norrrm
(5,982 posts)sarisataka
(22,980 posts)Hitler (and the others) served in the military of their time.
Most of the claims are simply verbal fellatio, making out of context historical comparisons that are ridiculous on their face.
oasis
(54,236 posts)and Hitler wouldve been suckers and losers for serving on the military.
ECL213
(466 posts)The only power Trump wields is the power to fuck it all up, and that's exactly what he has done. He's holding the world hostage with our country's clout and when he's no longer president he'll be the same pathetic loser he has always been.
twodogsbarking
(19,721 posts)ImNotGod
(1,308 posts)ShazzieB
(23,050 posts)And only he would take being compared to Hitler, Mao, and Stalin as a compliment!
This thing is ludicrously absurd, especially the parts calling him "the most powerful man that the planet has ever known" and "by far the most powerful person that has EVER walked this planet." Changing "powerful" to "dangerous" would be much more accurate!
usonian
(26,993 posts)He killed Hitler.
Trump only has these "skits" now and then. (1)
I wonder if he has any knowledge of Epstein snuff videos.
(1) MAGA Increasingly Believes Trump Assassination Attempt Was Fake
https://newrepublic.com/post/209222/maga-trump-assassina
That maga "belief system" gave us this shitshow ...
The Madcap
(2,125 posts)But he killed it.
MadameButterfly
(4,262 posts)because he needs the Straights of Hormuze open.
Of course the article is ridiculous, but it speaks Trump's language.
SamuelAdams
(319 posts)They only care about power. They see themselves more as Hitler than the leaders Hitler defeated. They want to be strongmen, not historical figures they view as weak.
kimbutgar
(27,689 posts)LudwigPastorius
(15,209 posts)the "most powerful person that has EVER walked this planet" would at least have the power not to shit his own pants.
littlemissmartypants
(35,332 posts)William Seger
(12,564 posts)William Seger
(12,564 posts)... who is months away from being an extremely unpopular lame duck.