The claims are still going out there that Trump and his supporters are Nazis. The claims are still ridiculous. But let’s look at a side-by-side, day-by-day comparison of highlights of the first year of Trump’s presidency against the first year when Hitler was Chancellor of Germany:
| Day | Hitler | Trump |
| 1 | Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany | Inaugurated As President |
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| 5 | The “Border wall” executive Memorandum.Memorandum condemning cities that deliberately flout federal immigration law, hire additional immigration enforcement officers, and empower state and local law enforcement to enforce immigration law. |
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| 7 | Proclaimed National School Choice Week, encouraging parents to have a meaningful choice in what schools they want their children to attend. |
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| 8 | Executive order requiring vetting of non-citizens coming to the US from several terrorism prone nations. (This one gets repeated several times as activist judges keep inventing spurious objections and blocking it.)Examine current readiness of armed forces and develop plan to ensure necessary readiness levels. |
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| 9 | Ethics policy executive order forbidding any executive branch employees from lobbying for 5 years after leaving their position.Ordered development of a plan to defeat ISIS. |
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| 11 | EO to reduce federal regulation: to pass one you must repeal two. | |
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| 13 | Constitutional Conservative Neil Goresuch nominated to Supreme Court | |
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| 15 | Executive order to direct fiscal policy to empower Americans to make independent financial decisions, prevent taxpayer funded bailouts, foster a growing and vibrant economy, and make American companies competitive in domestic and foreign markets. |
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| 21 | Executive order to enforce existing federal law and seek legislation consistent with constitutional enumerated powers aimed at preventing violence against Federal, State, Local, and Tribal law enforcement officers. |
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| 24 | 40,000 Sa and SS men sworn in as Auxiliary Police Note that this was out of a population of 67 million. A similar proportional group in the us today would number nearly 200,000 |
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| 27 | Reichstagg Fire. | Says he could “live with” alternatives to the “two state” “solution” in the Middle East. |
| 28 | Emergency powers granted to Hitler | |
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| 31 | Sometime this month Orianenberg Concentration Camp and Osthoven “Collection Point” begin operation. | |
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| 36 | EO Committing to regulatory reform. | |
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| 40 | EO to review regulations related to navigable waters consistent with “It is in the national interest to ensure that the Nation’s navigable waters are kept free from pollution, while at the same time promoting economic growth, minimizing regulatory uncertainty, and showing due regard for the roles of the Congress and the States under the Constitution.”EO to promote excellence at historically black colleges and universities. |
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| 52 | Dachau concentration camp opened to be followed by Buchenwald near Weimar in central Germany, Sachsenhausen near Berlin in northern Germany, and Ravensbrück for women. |
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| 54 | Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial powers. | |
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| 60 | Delegates his authority under the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017 to the Secretary of State. |
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| 62 | Boycott of Jewish shops and businesses | |
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| 67 | Review revocation rules on executive orders for existing federal contracts |
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| 69 | Established President’s Commission on combating drug addiction and the opioid crisis. |
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| 71 | enhanced enforcement of antidumping and some other violations of fair trade policies–basically enforcement of existing law and treaties. |
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| 72 | Nazis issue a Decree defining a non-Aryan as “anyone descended from non-Aryan, especially Jewish, parents or grandparents. One parent or grandparent classifies the descendant as non-Aryan…especially if one parent or grandparent was of the Jewish faith.” |
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| 76 | Attacks Syria (ISIS) with cruise missiles | |
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| 87 | “Secret State Police” Gestapo founded. | |
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| 89 | EO that consistent with law the executive branch will buy American and hire Americans. |
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| 97 | EO enforcing statutory prohibitions of federal control of education | |
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| 100 | Establish office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy to defend American Workers and Domestic Manufacturers and encourage economic growth.EO to review trade agreements for violations of trade rules and abuses. |
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| 101 | Book Burnings throughout Germany | |
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| 112 | Establish Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity | |
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| 118 | Continues Iran Nuclear Sanctions Relief | |
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| 122 | Trump Arrives in Israel in pursuit of “ultimate deal”. While here, among other things, he prays at the Wailing Wall. |
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| 123 | Sometime within this month forced sterilizations begin.
Sometime this month Breitenau, Kemna camps begin operation. |
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| 124 | Sends budget proposal to Congress “Congress a $4.1 trillion spending plan that relies on faster economic growth and steep cuts in a range of support programs for low-income individuals to balance the government’s books over the next decade” Includes push for paid parental leave as part of budget. |
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| 133 | Abandons Paris Accords | |
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| 136 | All parties but Nazi party banned. | |
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| 148 | Memorandum on policy toward Cuba: “The United States recognizes the need for more freedom and democracy, improved respect for human rights, and increased free enterprise in Cuba. The Cuban people have long suffered under a Communist regime that suppresses their legitimate aspirations for freedom and prosperity and fails to respect their essential human dignity” |
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| 153 | Memorandum on North Korea: “The existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula and the actions and policies of the Government of North Korea continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.” |
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| 162 | Reviving the National Space Council | |
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| 181 | Memorandum of Continuation of National Emergency of Transnational Criminal Organizations |
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| 183 | More EO on strengthening domestic manufacturing. | |
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| 188 | Trump prohibits transgenders from serving in the armed forces. | |
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| 195 | Announces plan to prioritize skills based immigration. | |
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| 207 | Top Military officer warns North Korea that the US Military is ready. | |
| 208 | Charlotesville riots, Trump says “both sides are bad”. | |
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| 215 | Sometime this month Reich Chamber of arts established. Jews prohibited from the arts |
Trump vows to win in Afghanistan |
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| 218 | Pardons Joe ArapioMemorandum confirming military transgender policy.
EO imposing sanctions on Venezuela for abuses of human rights. |
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| 221 | Launches push for tax reform to reduce taxes on the majority of people who pay federal income tax. |
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| 235 | EO Continuing emergency of certain terrorist attacks | |
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| 243 | Jews Prohibited from owning Land | Speech to UN, criticizing bloated bureaucracy and mismanagement. |
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| 245 | EO: Additional sanctions on North Korea | |
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| 248 | Jews prohibited from being newspaper editors | EO on enhanced vetting for detecting attempted entry by terrorists and other public safety threats. |
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| 266 | EO on promoting healthcare choice and competition across the US. | |
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| 276 | Sometime this month Oberer Kuhberg concentration camp begins operation | |
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| 287 | Calls for tougher immigration law after New York attack. | |
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| 295 | Says US will no longer be taken advantage of in trade. | |
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| 299 | Nazis pass a Law against Habitual and Dangerous Criminals, which allows beggars, the homeless, alcoholics and the unemployed to be sent to concentration camps. |
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| 301 | Trump and China, China of all places, agree that Nuclear Weapon freeze in North Korea is not enough. |
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| 306 | DOJ sues to stop AT&T acquisition of Time Warner. | |
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| 321 | Recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. | |
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| 330 | Demonstrates graphically (with pallets of paper) how much federal regulation has been reduced. |
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| 338 | Trump signs tax bill that reduces federal income tax for the majority of people who pay the tax. |
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| 349 | Trump boasts of having bigger “Nuclear Button” than North Korea. (Note: North and South Korea are now talking to each other.) |
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| 351 | Disbands voter fraud commission (after all, a third of the states concealed their data from it).Expands offshore drilling. |
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| 360 | Jews are banned from the German Labor Front | |
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There’s a decided lack of things in that third column, representing Trump’s presidency. There are no concentration camps. By this point there should be eight concentration camps and one “collection point” or, if we went by relative populations, it should be close to 40.
Worst. Nazi. Ever.
It’s not a Nazi takeover. It’s not the end of the world. You only make yourself look stupid by making the comparison.
Really, people. Chill.
The Writer in Black 
No helicopter rides, either.
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Another thing I noted, in this comparison; a couple of months into it, Hitler managed to become a full-blown dictator. Trump, on the other hand, in the same time frame, was placing some power in the hands of the Secretary of State, instead of keeping it for himself. If he’s Hitler reincarnated, that strikes me as counter-intuitive.
Great post. It’s ridiculous that it’s necessary, but a great post, nonetheless.
On the other hand, Trump Derangement Syndrome HAS been fairly amusing. Admittedly, it’s getting old, but it still produces absurd behavior that makes me laugh uproariously, from time to time.
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Do you have any books in dead tree form? I don’t read e-books.
BTW: nice post, thanks.
Paul L. Quandt
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My novels “Survival Test”, “The Hordes of Chanakra”, and “Big Blue” are all available in dead-tree. Eventually, when I’ve accumulated enough of the shorter works, I’ll combine them into a dead-tree edition.
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The trouble is, when the political opposition is based on a bumper sticker, no amount of contravening fact can scrape it off. The midterms are still way too much in play. There ought to be no way that the Democrats even gain seats, much less gain Congressional control, but the bumper sticker-fu could result in enough Democrat base outrage that a happy-ish Republican base (happy-ish and therefore not as energized to get out and vote) might not be enough to counter it.
So weirdly I find myself hoping for really bad November weather, rather than for a second year like the first. Or maybe I should say “in addition to a second year like the first.” I was a nose-holding Trump voter; I’ve been, overall, pleasantly surprised at his actions in office, while pretty much ignoring his tweets and those fire-breathing unofficial statements that are presented in the media as causing “worry” or “concern” among “thinkers” and “experts” when in fact they clearly result in Democrat glee.
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While I would never advocate complacency, just remember that those telling you how horrible Trump is doing are the same ones who gave Hillary a 98% chance of winning.
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Really Fantastic – lots of work. Thanks, thanks, thanks.
As I thought about asking about his tweets, I see that they’re all archived on twitter.
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump?lang=en
But the 10 worst (?) are listed by Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/pictures/flji45elmm/republican-presidential-/#7833c71f6e5c
When I look at these, Trump is insulting somebody. Somebody who has already insulted him (tho that’s not always clear from the quote). Tit for Tat.
The way to get cooperation in multiple iterations of Prisoner Dilemma games is: assume trust, then treat as you were treated.
Powerline says Trump is a bully, but he’s not quite — he’s a counter-bully. Whenever anybody tries to insult him, he insults them back. Calling Rand Paul a lightweight is probably less true than calling him weird — but all the Libertarian Party folk I would meet at their conventions were weird. Including his father Ron whom I supported over Reagan in 1988.
I think if people were asked to name an offensive tweet by Trump, they wouldn’t be able to. It seems that the news media takes what he says and rephrases it to be more offensive — but usually with words not written by him.
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Oh no! It’s even worse than I thought! Look how many *more* things are in the Trump column, every one of them taking away somebody’s rights. I’m so scared, I’m so frightened. /sarc
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Glad to see the sarc tag because you just know somebody is out there thinking that exact thing.
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