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ImNotGod

(1,308 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 12:29 PM 4 hrs ago

Trump Seriously Compares Himself to Hitler

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

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Trump Seriously Compares Himself to Hitler (Original Post) ImNotGod 4 hrs ago OP
Cleaning up your link a bit UpInArms 4 hrs ago #1
He's one sick bastard. surfered 4 hrs ago #2
His parents would be proud of him. twodogsbarking 3 hrs ago #9
That's not the flex he thinks it is LearnedHand 4 hrs ago #3
He is a dime store plagiarist with no talent. GreenWave 4 hrs ago #4
He's a monkey with a machine gun. LuvLoogie 2 hrs ago #14
Like this: RetiredParatrooper 2 hrs ago #15
Yep. He's basically farting bombs and bigotry LuvLoogie 2 hrs ago #16
New gun control advocates Norrrm 1 hr ago #22
There is one glaring difference sarisataka 4 hrs ago #5
According to Trump, Atilla, Alexander the Great oasis 4 hrs ago #6
He only has a global reach because of those who spent the last 250 years building the U.S.A.'s standing in the world... ECL213 3 hrs ago #7
Well then hurry up and build that bunker. twodogsbarking 3 hrs ago #8
Tech billionaires are building bunker mansions, they know there will be a reckoning some day. nt ImNotGod 2 hrs ago #18
Only Schlump would fall for something this transparently fawning and smarmy. ShazzieB 3 hrs ago #10
Hitler did ONE good thing. usonian 3 hrs ago #11
He also had a dog... The Madcap 1 hr ago #20
Yet he is beholden to Iran MadameButterfly 3 hrs ago #12
Trump and his cult don't care about morality. SamuelAdams 3 hrs ago #13
This is insane! kimbutgar 2 hrs ago #17
It seems to me that... LudwigPastorius 2 hrs ago #19
Duh. FDT littlemissmartypants 1 hr ago #21
Except for this post, "Presidential Historian Dave King" is unknown to Google (nt) William Seger 1 hr ago #23
Obviously, the Iranians know that #rump is a weak president William Seger 1 hr ago #24

GreenWave

(12,880 posts)
4. He is a dime store plagiarist with no talent.
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:02 PM
4 hrs ago

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."

sarisataka

(22,980 posts)
5. There is one glaring difference
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:04 PM
4 hrs ago

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)
6. According to Trump, Atilla, Alexander the Great
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:13 PM
4 hrs ago

and Hitler would‘ve been “suckers and losers” for serving on the military.

ECL213

(466 posts)
7. He only has a global reach because of those who spent the last 250 years building the U.S.A.'s standing in the world...
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:45 PM
3 hrs ago

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.

ImNotGod

(1,308 posts)
18. Tech billionaires are building bunker mansions, they know there will be a reckoning some day. nt
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 02:50 PM
2 hrs ago

ShazzieB

(23,050 posts)
10. Only Schlump would fall for something this transparently fawning and smarmy.
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:47 PM
3 hrs ago

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)
11. Hitler did ONE good thing.
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:51 PM
3 hrs ago

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 ...

MadameButterfly

(4,262 posts)
12. Yet he is beholden to Iran
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:56 PM
3 hrs ago

because he needs the Straights of Hormuze open.

Of course the article is ridiculous, but it speaks Trump's language.

SamuelAdams

(319 posts)
13. Trump and his cult don't care about morality.
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 02:09 PM
3 hrs ago

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.

LudwigPastorius

(15,209 posts)
19. It seems to me that...
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 03:09 PM
2 hrs ago

the "most powerful person that has EVER walked this planet" would at least have the power not to shit his own pants.

William Seger

(12,564 posts)
24. Obviously, the Iranians know that #rump is a weak president
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 03:55 PM
1 hr ago

... who is months away from being an extremely unpopular lame duck.

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