There are some resemblances between the political campaigns of Adolf Hitler and of Donald Trump; however, such resemblances a re not a sure guide as to how a citizen should respond. A resemblance is not enough. (There was a resemblance between Charlie Chaplin, [ born 16 April 1889 ] and Adolf Hitler [ born 20 April 1889] as well. ) A deeper analysis is needed. The great disaster in German politics in 1933 was not Hitler’s appointment as chancellor on 30 January . That could have been contained, and the damage to the republic might have been minimal . The great disaster was the passing of the enabling act on 24 March 1933. This meant that the evil dreams of the Nazis could be put into effect without check.
The lesson for us is that the way to preserve freedom is not the use of extraordinary measures to prevent at all costs the assumption by Donald Trump of the presidency, but rather the energetic restoration and vigilant preservation of the constitutional limits on the power of the president .