Ken Burns: Trump Camp’s Playbook ‘Is Out of the National Socialist Party in Germany’

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I wonder what Trump actually did to cause this comparison. Did he not give in?

What did Trump do? Let's see. You just gave one comparison, Hitler was very much anti-establishment, he claimed the politicians stabbed the German Army in the back at the end of the first world war. Burns gave a second one. His tendency to not only give a negative message and trying to sell himself as the savior but also the fact that he tries to find a scapegoat for whatever is wrong, change Mexican with Jews and we are back in Germany. Change main stream media and the government conspiring with the belief that there is a conspiracy of Jews controlling the world and we are back with the nazi's. And I'll give a third one Trump's oratory style is reminiscent of Hitler. He love's big gatherings and as a speaker he is very prone to demagoguery, he plays the crowd with big statements without really backing up his claims. It is safe to assume that Ken Burns knows more about history than you so you can try to dismiss what he says but the comparison isn't groundless.