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In reply to the discussion: Tyrants like Trump always fall - and we can already predict how he will be dethroned [View all]MadameButterfly
(3,159 posts)power like Hitler did. Our best chance to turn it around is early while we have media to expose the corruption. Note that we are not in economic ruin from losing a recent World War, nor do we have a long prior history of monarchy. We have a much better chance than Germany did.
But the parallels between the psychological make up of the 2 men remain. The hubris that did Hitler in can do in Trump even if it's not in exactly the same scenario. We'll have no one to rescue us as Europe did, but Trump can overplay his hand like Hitler did. He may start invading other countries while his control is tenuous at home. He has so many plans that will tank the economy that his supporters will fall away, rich and poor. He may soon be exposed as a Russian spy as the whistelblower complaint from NLRB plays out.
At some point the support of SCOTUS, and even the military will be in question. If every soldier has a family member on the streets from economic ruin, or being deported, or if they are asked to help invade Ukraine, or Canada, or to fire on Americans they know personally who are peacefully demonstrating, at some point they may refuse.
I don't relish the idea of any of this happening. It could be truly horrible. OR. The courts could stop Trump from every illegal thing he is trying to do. And SCOTUS won't let Trump put judges in jail. And the marshalls won't arrest Supreme Court judges. And the military won't obey illegal orders to enact martial law just because judges are being Judges.
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