We are experiencing historic changes in our country. Never before have we experienced the crime and corruption we have from any presidential office in the past.
Trump has wrongly claimed that the 2020 election was “stolen” from him, even though he didn’t get enough votes to win. After trying to get the election reversed, he took steps to try to overthrow our government on Jan. 6. About 1,500 of his fellow insurrectionists and traitors were tried and sentenced. His supporters assaulted Capitol police, Washington D.C. police and injured many of them with deaths resulting.
Since the beginning of Trump’s quest for power, he has mirrored the actions of Adolf Hitler. His attempted overthrow of our government was similar to Hitler’s “Beer Hall Putsch.” Both failed in their attempts. Just like Hitler who got his supporters out of jail, Trump pardoned the Jan. 6 criminals.
Hitler wanted “Lebensraum.” Following Hitler’s rise to power, Lebensraum became an ideological principle of Nazism and provided justification for the German territorial expansion into Central and Eastern Europe. It stipulated that Germany required a Lebensraum necessary for its survival and that most of the populations of Central and Eastern Europe would have to be removed permanently.
Trump followed Hitler’s plans when he said he would make Canada, Greenland and Panama part of the U.S. because we need the minerals and products they possess.
Since then, Trump has ordered military troops into Los Angeles. He was testing the resistance from the states of this order. Hitler also ordered his military into cities and towns to keep the citizenry scared and obedient.
Now, Trump is in effect declaring martial law in Washington D.C. by falsely claiming that crime is rampant, even though crime dropped by 30% during Biden’s term.
Again, Trump is testing the waters by declaring martial law in a second major city this year. If he can get away with his plans to institute martial law, it is reasonable to believe he will do that in all of the major Democrat-controlled cities, like New York, Chicago, Pennsylvania, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle and Portland. We know that Trump has no respect for the laws or the Constitution.
Trump is creating a fascist form of government the same way Hitler did.
No one stopped Hitler, but we can stop Trump, one way or another.
Bill Revene, West Valley City
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