In 1990 Michael Godwin famously propounded what has become known as Godwin’s Law.
Whoever is the first to mention Hitler in an argument, loses the argument.
The Harris/Walz campaign has claimed Donald Trump is another Hitler, which suggests they are losing this election. The comparison they draw is laughable, and obviously not persuasive.
There have been other, subsequent ‘Hitlers’ like Pol Pot and Chairman Mao, and the contemporary Stalin, all of whom engaged in genocide. Today’s Putin is in the running to be added to the list, but isn’t there yet. In his most fanciful ramblings Donald Trump has never come close, nor will he.
My private suspicion, which I will share with you, is that Democrats calling Trump a Hitler is them projecting onto him what they would secretly like to do. Because they want to do it, they believe he must also share that wish.
I fully believe Trump wishes he could run the U.S. government the way he runs Trump Enterprises, as a normal private sector CEO. CEO ≠ Hitler, does equal “commanding officer.” I also understand Trump knows this isn’t possible, and probably not even desirable from society’s viewpoint.
