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In reply to the discussion: John Meacham finally goes there on Morning Joe. [View all]wnylib
(21,346 posts)He learned from it and then developed more strategic moves to take over the country.
Hitler was not a good military strategist, either. His first "wins" were against defenseless nations. When he had to face real military adversaries like the Soviet Union, the UK, and the US, he blundered all over the place because of his egotistical, impossible demands of his own military.
Hitler was good at stirring up a fanatical cult following. But he was not brilliant. He came to power in a country that had barely known democratic government, that had been accustomed to a near absolute monarchy. Germany also faced severe financial ruin and bitterness over a recent military defeat. So it did not take any special brilliance to become a populist, fanatical leader of a nation in ruins.
Trump has also bungled. A smarter person might not have. But our country's government is older and more firmly established than Germany's government was in Hitler's time. The fact that so many people were swayed to such extremes by Trump is very disturbing. May we learn from this. Trump almost succeeded.