In the Weimar Republic, the NSDAP had gone from a far-right fringe party that pulled > 30% of votes in Reichstag elections. [FN1] On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler became Chancellor. [FN2] The Weimar Republic died. Eventually tens of millions also died. 1/7
In the U.S., on 1/20/25, trump has promised he will be a dictator. In 2024, he “made more than 100 threats to investigate, prosecute, imprison or [] punish his perceived enemies.” [FN3] The oath of office requires trump to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.” [FN4] 2/7
“As Germany plunged deeper into the Depression, growing numbers” of citizens” saw in “the Nazi Party a possible way out of the situation.” [FN5] Germany was in actual economic chaos. At present, the U.S. economy’s chaos exists only in the future after trump. [FN6] 3/7
Only an insane person would say that, in 1933, Germany’s Pres von Hindenberg, had he known the future, would have lacked standing to deny Hitler the office of Chancellor. trump’s promise to impose a dictatorship: alters The Constitution materially, w/o reference to Art V. 4/7
Putin has owned trump for decades & now owns us. This deft statesmanship is the kind usually exercised by the head of an organized crime family. Pres Biden is the only person who can act to stop a furthering of foreign aggression. Amend XIV = trump's unfit. 5/7
Footnotes:
FN1. Evans, Richard J., “The Coming of the Third Reich,” 2004, p. 446.
FN2. Id., pp. 306-07.
FN3. Dreisbach, Tom, “Targets of Trump's threats brace for the new administration,” NPR, 11/14/24 (accessed same date). 6/7
Footnotes:
FN4. Const. Art. II., sec. 1, para. 10.
FN5. Id., note 1, p. 246.
FN6. Tariffs and deportation of low-wage workers validate the U of Penn econ prof who said trump was the most “goddamn dumb” student he had taught. 7/7
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