“The really dangerous American fascist… is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way what Hitler did in Germany in a Prussian way. The American fascist would prefer not to use violence.
“His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power… They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise, but are the spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest.
“Their final objective, toward which all their deceit is directed, is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection.”
History hasn’t been particularly kind to the man who said that in April 1944. Henry Wallace would be rep[aced as vice president of the United States laters that summer, and he would run an unsuccessful third-party campaign for president four years later.
He was probably too far to the left for the times, and he certainly had a naivete about the Soviet Union that wouldn’t have played well if he had become president when FDR died in April 1945.
But even though he had yet to be born, Donald Trump is nailed to a T by Wallace’s thoughts on fascism.
And anyone who heard what Trump said in Dayton, Ohio, this weekend and isn’t frightened is either stupidly naive or a Trumpanzee — or both.
“Now, If I don’t get elected, it’s gonna be a bloodbath. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country.”
A spokeswoman for Trump’s xampaign said he was referring to the economic bloodbath President Biden’s policies would cause.
Uh huh.
This is how he gets away with it. He makes truly horrific statements and then his people come up with an explanation — or an excuse — that enables them to tell people to lighten up. It’s just campaign rhetoric.
But it isn’t. One of Trump’s favorite stories is the fable about the snake who tricked a woman into giving it a ride and then bit and killed the woman.
“You knew I was a snake when you gave me a ride.”
To Trump, there is no difference between fame and infamy. History will never remember him as a great man, but if he can be remembered as the man who destroys American democracy, that would be just as good to him. Maybe even better.
I can certainly understand conservative voters who don’t want Democrats running the show. But even considering a candidate who says Viktor Orban is the world’s best leader, or who admires dictators in Russia, China or North Korea is just crazy.
If you wonder why he would make such comments, I’m convinced it’s all part of his sociopathy.
“I can say or do whatever I want and get away with it.”
Yes, he can.
Until he can’t.
That day is coming … soon.
Replace “Trump” with “Biden” and you are correct. If you follow the Counterfeit New Network” and the other fake news networks, you will never see that the “bloodbath” statement was taken out of context. Trump was referring to the auto industry, and the word “bloodbath” was referring to the financial ruin he is predicting. If you have an IQ over 75, you need to open your eyes and see what the Dems are doing to destroy democracy. They have nothing to say about Trump but rhetoric. Trump has the record to prove that everything being pushed by the Biden Crime Family undermines the good of the country!