From a Newsweek Opinion piece in January 11, 2021
I've Hesitated to Call Donald Trump a Fascist. Until Now | Opinion
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-paxton-trump-fascist-1560652
Here are the telltale signs that he accused Trump of displaying:
1. Cheering supporters waiting for his plane to arrive at campaign stops. (Biden does not display this tell tale sign though Obama certainly did).
2. "Trump mastered the art of back-and-forth exchanges with his enraptured listeners." (Biden does not display this tell tale sign though Obama certainly did).
3. There was the threat of physical violence ("lock her up!"), sometimes leading to the forceful ejection of hecklers. (where is he on the FBI with their kidnapping of Whitmer plot, beating up Jan 6th attendees, shooting them in cold blood, etc?)
4. The Proud Boys stood in convincingly for Hitler's Storm Troopers and Mussolini's squadristi. (Once again, why is he silent on the FBI with their warrantless searches and the DOJ labeling parents at school board meetings as terrorists?)
5. Trump mastered electronic media like Twitter and won the support of America's largest television chain, Fox News. (So then where was he when the POTUS was banned from Twitter and the media was clearly working with Biden's campaign manager?)
6. "But Trump and Trumpism also differ in some important ways from the historical fascisms. The circumstances are profoundly different. Although the United States has its problems, these are minor compared to those of the defeated Germany of 1932, with over 30 percent of workers unemployed, or the divided Italy at the brink of civil war in 1921." (No longer, we can see WWIII on the horizon, hyperinflation, and even a great depression)
7. "American political institutions are not deadlocked, as were those of Germany in 1932," (So then why is he silent now, we have the most polarized political environment ever with a completely lame duck administration).
8. "A further fundamental difference is Trump's relation to the world of business. Whereas Hitler and Mussolini, at least at the beginning, won their mass audiences with promises to shake up capitalist power, and whereas, once in power with the support of the same businessmen against Labor," (Once again, why is he silent now, the situation is clearly a bait and switch on the working class).
9. "Trump's incitement of the invasion of the Capitol on January 6, 2020 removes my objection to the fascist label." (OK, well now that we know that it was a false flag operation by the FBI and Pelosi shouldn't you be apologizing and repenting?)
10. "On that evening thousands of French veterans of World War I, bitter at rumors of corruption in a parliament already discredited by its inefficacy against the Great Depression, attempted to invade the French parliament chamber, just as the deputies were voting yet another shaky government into power. The veterans had been summoned by right-wing organizations. They made no secret of their wish to replace what they saw as a weak parliamentary government with a fascist dictatorship on the model of Hitler or Mussolini." (Hmmm, sure sounds like what the left is doing now with much more that rumors of corruption -- Hunter Biden's laptop, And an administration driving full speed towards the cliff of a great depression)
I've Hesitated to Call Donald Trump a Fascist. Until Now | Opinion
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-paxton-trump-fascist-1560652
Here are the telltale signs that he accused Trump of displaying:
1. Cheering supporters waiting for his plane to arrive at campaign stops. (Biden does not display this tell tale sign though Obama certainly did).
2. "Trump mastered the art of back-and-forth exchanges with his enraptured listeners." (Biden does not display this tell tale sign though Obama certainly did).
3. There was the threat of physical violence ("lock her up!"), sometimes leading to the forceful ejection of hecklers. (where is he on the FBI with their kidnapping of Whitmer plot, beating up Jan 6th attendees, shooting them in cold blood, etc?)
4. The Proud Boys stood in convincingly for Hitler's Storm Troopers and Mussolini's squadristi. (Once again, why is he silent on the FBI with their warrantless searches and the DOJ labeling parents at school board meetings as terrorists?)
5. Trump mastered electronic media like Twitter and won the support of America's largest television chain, Fox News. (So then where was he when the POTUS was banned from Twitter and the media was clearly working with Biden's campaign manager?)
6. "But Trump and Trumpism also differ in some important ways from the historical fascisms. The circumstances are profoundly different. Although the United States has its problems, these are minor compared to those of the defeated Germany of 1932, with over 30 percent of workers unemployed, or the divided Italy at the brink of civil war in 1921." (No longer, we can see WWIII on the horizon, hyperinflation, and even a great depression)
7. "American political institutions are not deadlocked, as were those of Germany in 1932," (So then why is he silent now, we have the most polarized political environment ever with a completely lame duck administration).
8. "A further fundamental difference is Trump's relation to the world of business. Whereas Hitler and Mussolini, at least at the beginning, won their mass audiences with promises to shake up capitalist power, and whereas, once in power with the support of the same businessmen against Labor," (Once again, why is he silent now, the situation is clearly a bait and switch on the working class).
9. "Trump's incitement of the invasion of the Capitol on January 6, 2020 removes my objection to the fascist label." (OK, well now that we know that it was a false flag operation by the FBI and Pelosi shouldn't you be apologizing and repenting?)
10. "On that evening thousands of French veterans of World War I, bitter at rumors of corruption in a parliament already discredited by its inefficacy against the Great Depression, attempted to invade the French parliament chamber, just as the deputies were voting yet another shaky government into power. The veterans had been summoned by right-wing organizations. They made no secret of their wish to replace what they saw as a weak parliamentary government with a fascist dictatorship on the model of Hitler or Mussolini." (Hmmm, sure sounds like what the left is doing now with much more that rumors of corruption -- Hunter Biden's laptop, And an administration driving full speed towards the cliff of a great depression)
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