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Trump opened the meeting by boasting that millions of Americans had welcomed his presidency with jubilation, then outlined his plans for expunging key government officials and filling their positions with loyalists. At this point he turned to his main agenda item: the empowering law that, he argued, would give him the time (four years, according to the stipulations laid out in the draft of the law) and the authority necessary to make good on his campaign promises to revive the economy, reduce unemployment, increase military spending, withdraw from international treaty obligations, purge the country of foreigners he claimed were poisoning the blood of the nation, and exact revenge on political opponents. Heads will roll in the sand, Trump had vowed at one rally.
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Hitler opened the meeting by boasting that millions of Germans had welcomed his chancellorship with jubilation, then outlined his plans for expunging key government officials and filling their positions with loyalists. At this point he turned to his main agenda item: the empowering law that, he argued, would give him the time (four years, according to the stipulations laid out in the draft of the law) and the authority necessary to make good on his campaign promises to revive the economy, reduce unemployment, increase military spending, withdraw from international treaty obligations, purge the country of foreigners he claimed were poisoning the blood of the nation, and exact revenge on political opponents. Heads will roll in the sand, Hitler had vowed at one rally.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/hitler-germany-constitution-authoritarianism/681233/
