Donald Trump uses Nazi doctrine from Mein Kampf he is obsessed with tyrants

"For the record, Adolph Hitler and his Nazis were the epitome of fascists. They showed the world what it means to become soul-less, hate-driven destroyers of human life and to act fully without any conscience or humanity whatsoever. They were fascists and they were monsters. The atrocities they committed can never be overstated or exaggerated. And their movement should never be trivialized to the level of schoolyard bully campaign rhetoric. But of course, Trump went there."

German Propaganda Caption: “When the vermin are dead, the German oak will flourish once more.” (December 1927)

Explanation: A Nazi is pumping poison gas into the base of a tree, with dead rats representing Jews around the tree. The rats are labelled “stock exchanges,” “the press,” and “trusts.” The branches of the tree, labeled “Germany,” are industry, agriculture, commerce, the arts, business, the sciences, social welfare, civil service, and workers. This is the earliest Nazi image I know of that suggests poison gas as a way of killing Jews, although Hitler makes a reference to that possibility in Mein Kampf.

Echo opinion to the Editor published in the Daily Journal in Indiana:  Would good people honestly and truly once again support the dangerous former President Donald Trump now that he’s forsaken any attempt to hide his authoritarian nature?

At a recent rally, the man pledged to “root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical-left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country.” 

According to historians who study fascism, his language closely mirrors Adolph Hitler’s language toward every group he considered either inferior or a foe. First, his comments are as un-American as it gets. Next, why is Trump referencing communists or Marxists? Neither register as serious threats to our democracy these days. Fascists, however, do. Wikipedia has the following description of fascism; “Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultra-nationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition.” Every other credible source basically defines it the same way.

For the record, Adolph Hitler and his Nazis were the epitome of fascists. They showed the world what it means to become soul-less, hate-driven destroyers of human life and to act fully without any conscience or humanity whatsoever. They were fascists and they were monsters. The atrocities they committed can never be overstated or exaggerated. And their movement should never be trivialized to the level of schoolyard bully campaign rhetoric.

But of course, Trump went there.

Trump is an expert at using language guaranteed to agitate and incite people to fear, anger and violence regardless of whether it makes any sense or the danger it poses. But by blurring or destroying the true meaning of what it means to be a fascist, he trivializes the horror associated with it.

Trivializing and misdirecting a heinous ideology is useful in massaging peoples’ consciences not only into acceptance but participation as well in that very ideology. And whether it’s full-blown fascism or a watered-down version that allows a participant to sleep at night — “fascism-lite” — it is still fascism. It is still evil; it is still wrong, and it is a path that still leads to the worst kind of depravity human beings are capable of.

Rather than bury it or water it down, as so many far-right groups want to do, now more than ever, everyone in this nation needs to re-examine the full nightmare of Hitler and his fascist regime. 

From the earliest days of banning books to the liberation of the concentration camps. Then take an honest look around and see who among us are the real fascists and ask if we really need one in the White House.

From Lisa Voiles in Whiteland Indiana