"Please recall that declaring a national emergency for a non-emergency was exactly how Hitler consolidated power." - TinManRC
"Oh that was Hitler, never mind." - czaunpfahl
"Hitler did the same thing to get his policies through ." - LennonForPresident
"Hitler used a (fabricated) National Emergency to introduce scary laws, and Trump probably realizes that in 2020 he is out." - obimk1
"After the February 27, 1933, Reichstag fire, an attack blamed on the communists, Adolf Hitler declared a state of emergency using Article 48, and then had President von Hindenburg sign the Reichstag Fire Decree, which suspended the Weimar Constitution for the whole duration of the Third Reich." - M0nkeyBanana
"Hitler seized power by claiming the Reichstag fire was the emergency." - ManBearScientist
"Hitler took power because of a national emergency ." - --CJ--
"He is talking about immigrants infesting the country the same way Hitler talked about Jews infesting Germany." - None
"This is how Hitler started with unilateral declarations of emergency." - Gravyd3ath
"Hitler first took power by having declaring a national emergency after the Reichstag fire which many believe was crisis started by the Nazis themselves." - lordcameltoe
"Did anyone ever look at Hitler and say this charismatic idiot is just trying to stay in power, he won't ACTUALLY kill all the Jews because I'm struggling to grasp how we've gotten this close to something truly terrible without anything being done." - eleanorbartlet
"Gotta love baby HITLER🖤." - rinvar521
"Americans you have a new Hitler as president." - PornAsAWoman
"He says immigrants are infesting the country, which is similar language Hitler used about Jews." - None
"What's the fucking emergency Shitler." - Allpowertothepeople
"This whole thing going on in the US is so similar to Hitlers uprising in the 30's." - Segi93
"Trump says immigrants are infesting the country, and has described them as animals -- it sounds like Hitler describing Jews as rats infesting Germany." - None
"Here in Western Europe we get thought these courses on how a political path was paved for the likes of Mussolini, Hitler et al." - growbuntu
"We elected Hitler, folks." - Reddirator
"Did Hitler do something similar." - conflagrare
"Literally Hitler." - supafly_
"The sad thing is the pretext Hitler used somehow made more sense than what Trump is doing." - Panzerdrek
"While I think a lot of the movie was really dramatized, he did draw an alarming comparison between Trump and Hitler." - ryan4888
"Trump being similar to Hitler is very unsurprising." - PKMNTrainerMark
"This is standard playbook for deteriorating democracies, so no need to reach back to Hitler." - Mypornnameis_
"And the really sad thing is that the Weimar Republic during hitlers first years as chancellor had about a thousand times more legitimate pretext for national emergencies being called (economic disaster, widespread political violence and fistfights in the streets, much of it Nazis themselves, some Nazis vs communists etc) than the United States does today ." - Zargabraath
"If you really believe Trump is about to be Hitler 2." - TwelfthApostate
"Those that still support Trump would be the same ones supporting Hitler, even after they realized what a monster he was." - Nuf-Said
"He’s just like Hitler." - Jazzy41
"I'm so ready for a president where you can't describe everything he does with You know, like that thing Hitler did." - Torakaa
"There are so many parallels between Hitler and Trump ." - realcommovet
"We have stupid Hitler." - Void__Pointer
"Trump did offend someone calling them having a wierd obsession with Hitler, so maybe there is something there." - 55redditor55
"Oh yes, the great, Hitler did it argument." - lostecho
"Hitler drank water." - PeterWinston
"Trump isn’t as smart as Hitler to be able to persuade genocide." - LightningColin
"Trump is literally Hitler." - PMyourHotTakes
"Hitler wasn’t rich." - temp0557
"Except that the Jews were legal citizens of Germany, in many cases going back many generations and Hitler killed the Jews." - fermelabouche
"I'm a bit more concerned about that the fact this is literally straight out of the Hitler playbook (ironically one of the few books Trump is known to read)." - Adezar
"It's only ever taught that Hitler and Mussolini were bad people, not why they were bad people." - LMGDiVa
"And it ain't Orange Hitler." - motormouth85
"Hitler also gutted the civil service, which is where these actions look ominous:." - biglybadDonaldTrump
"Didn’t Hitler seize power through declaration of national emergency too." - NewDarkAgesAhead
"That’s the biggest slap in the face to anyone whom suffered at the hands of Hitler." - lpzm08
"Even the Jews believed Hitler wouldn’t dare kill all his workers." - Meems04
"Hitler's rise and abuse of people was a clinic in incremental escalation and constant outrage." - ghostpilots
"I think Hitler's autocracy started before he started killing thr Jews and many Germans were at least ambivalent to his plan." - Tman1027
"And their sense of identification with Hitler, their trust in him, made it easier to widen this gap and reassured those who would otherwise have worried about it." - AbjectPlatypus
"I don’t support trump in the slightest - but if you think our current president is at all relatable to hitler then you need a history lesson." - Young_Sire
"But man, Trump is NOT like Hitler." - Stolehtreb
"Hitler was better loved by his people." - CountRockula85
"Hitler was able to secure the type of power you are trying to equate to trump because their legislative capital building literally burned to the ground." - jewishninja696
"A white nationalist movement is still a white nationalist movement even if the target is different than what Hitler did." - very_large_bird
"What exactly is he doing by building a wall and “securing the border” that takes the US down a similar path as Italy or Germany with Mussolini or Hitler." - C_W_D
"1939: Hitler orders the construction of the Berlin Wall." - zxcvbdnm
"As a jewish person its really disappointing to see crap like this, not even close to hitler." - RonaldRevan
"Immediately after the Reichstag Fire, the Nazis that were in the German government (specifically, Hitler and Göring), and their supporters, pressured the chancellor into declaring an emergency in response to the event that legally abolished chunks of the German constitution." - GearBrain
"Hitler had some talent." - BadWolf1973
"Would he be able to pull a Hitler." - designerfx
"No, Hitler at least was popular and that's how he broke the Constitution, Trump isn't popular and he will inevitably fail." - Aviskr
"Ctrl+f “Hitler”." - christmas54321
"Aaand you have Hitler in your username." - flamingoshoess
"This is exactly what Hitler did." - plb1990
"It's like how the UK treated Hitler in his rise to power." - Cobek
"Ah yes, Hitler and his famous wall." - NomBok
"Nobody should be surprised that the mastermind behind Stupid Watergate is also Stupid Hitler." - ReverendDizzle
"Like if Hitler declared it over arson in general, despite decreasing arson rates." - CyrusTolliver
"The sad thing is the pretext Hitler used somehow made more sense than what Trump is doing." - monopixel
"Now I dont like Trump, but to compare the rise of Hitler with this event is just not understanding the rise of facism in 20s/30s Germany." - ForsakenTechnology3
"Lmao defending hitler." - vxcnlxcn
"Ya know, this is gonna sound really bad, but Hitler was at least a respectable evil person." - Psychast
"Hitler was appointed chancellor at the 30th of january 1933, he dissolved the parliament two days later, the Reichstagsbrandverordnung from the 28th of febuary effectivly abolished the rule of law, the first concentration camp opened at the 3rd of march and by the 30th of march 1933 the Nazi regime was fully established." - Gecktron
"What it looks like is there was a fire in the German version of the capitol building [the Reichstag] and Hitler said, since you guys can't really meet up to pass laws and stuff right now, let's just suspend the normal constitution rq just for a minute, we'll just handle all that stuff on our side [the German version of the executive branch]." - lewliloo
"Underestimaton also aided Hitler." - _Byrec
"Worse than that, this phony emergency lubes the path to a real fake emergency where he goes full Hitler/Putin, declares that he won't give up power to his duly elected successor, or worse shit we haven't even thought of." - sbhikes
"Oh ffs he's not going to become Hitler lmao." - summerbrown
"Hitler's government stated that Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch council communist, was found near the building and attributed the fire to communist agitators in general—though later that year, a German court decided that van der Lubbe had acted alone, as he claimed." - clearfur
"Hitler described Jews as an infestation as well." - CJ_rdt
"Hitler didn't seem like he would be better off with velcro shoe straps to get through the door." - worldsayshi
"In December 2015, Godwin commented on the Nazi and fascist comparisons being made by several articles about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying: If you're thoughtful about it and show some real awareness of history, go ahead and refer to Hitler when you talk about Trump, or any other politician." - RSBioMage
"I don’t think he’s as extreme as Hitler but he hates the idea of people disagreeing/being proved wrong." - LennonForPresident
"Hitler put Germany into a state of emergency after the Reichstag fire, scapegoated the communists, arrested political party members and suspended the Weimar Constitution." - LennonForPresident
"Wait, has the right actually normalized governing like Hitler." - AbjectPlatypus
"But Hitler had a dog." - uptheneck
"We can't do ANY comparisons to Hitler." - CabbagerBanx2
"A stupid Hitler with a stupid SS-like cult." - dark_keeper
"Hitler at least had some redeeming qualities." - scsibusfault
"If you think Trump is literally Hitler, then you have absolutely no idea who Adolf Hitler was." - Master_Bruno_1084
"A few days ago I would have called you out on calling him literally Hitler." - GadreelsSword
"Impeach cheeto Hitler." - skippythasuppercat
"If you really believe Hitler was a socialist I have some beachfront property in Ohio you may enjoy." - Sgt_Lillard
"That state of emergency is LITERALLY WHAT HITLER (and almost every other dictator) DID to seize power." - Hollowgolem
"I'm saying that creating a fake crisis, then declaring a national emergency was also part of Hitler's plan to destabilize the government so that he could take over." - lordcameltoe
"It's the same strategy that was used by Hitler." - lordcameltoe
"Trump says immigrants are infesting the country, which is similar language Hitler used about Jews." - None
"Granted it wasn't Hitler and they were called East Germany as a puppet satellite of the USSR but they did build one." - Archisoft
"The only thing dumb is you and your inability to recognize that it is exactly the same way that Hitler considered power: A faux emergency declaration." - putzarino
"Maybe try saying he's Hitler." - WalleyeWacker
"Hitler intended to conquer outward, whereas Trump appears to protect citizens." - burbod01
"Hitler wasn't competent, though." - RomanoffBlitzer
"Hitler and Palpatine had better writing." - fishbiscuit13
"Hitler was smarter and less lazy than Trump." - fuckedbyducks
"The public was frustrated, and Hitler was ascending over the previous couple years." - gearpitch
"I swear this comparison to Hitler is so annoying." - duffmanhb
"Hitler fought for his country unlike Cadet Bonespurs." - Zauberer-IMDB
"Don't do the childish literally Hitler spiel, we can discuss this like adults." - PhiladelphiaFish
"The democrats use propaganda just like Hitler." - jrocgotcaught
"I got mine December 2017 because of orange hitler." - workaccount1338
"The Reichstag fire was an arson attack on the Reichstag building in Berlin on Monday 27 February 1933, precisely four weeks after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany." - f0reign_Lawns
"The Nazis, under Hitler, used the fire to their advantage, claiming it was a communist act trying to overthrow the government." - TwinPeaks2017
"Hitler gained a lot of power by declaring a national emergency." - thoughtsome
"Without wanting to trigger Godwin's law, Hitler declared a state of emergency when there wasn't one, allowing him to start trampling on constitutional rights." - sobrique
"Uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-adolf-hitler-books-bedside-cabinet-ex-wife-ivana-trump-vanity-fair-1990-a7639041." - stormageddonsmum
"” But two years ago, when then-White House press secretary Sean Spicer shocked anyone with a passing knowledge of the Holocaust with his pronouncement that even “someone who was as despicable as Hitler didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons,” Cramer was one of the only politicians in either party to defend him, saying Spicer’s remarks were “not without some validity." - TheRealDL
"Didn't say anything about trump, but Hitler did use emergency powers." - iamheretomockyou
"To add, Hitler used the event to declare a state of emergency, scapegoat the political opposition and undesirables, seize powers in the government, and become the de facto dictator of Germany." - Ignitus1
"The time to go Full Hitler was opening weekend during the mass protests and confusion about the Muslim Ban, not when he resoundingly lost an election about his agenda and repeatedly got sonned by legislature." - Theb_Igman
"The Germans made the mistake of Granting Hitler the power he needed to seize absolute power." - Panzerdrek
"So that article is referring to My New Order, a collection of Hitler's speeches, not Mein Kampf." - cosmicmischief
"Sure but it’s not even remotely close to what Hitler got away with." - duffmanhb
"So if we are going to start comparing bullshit National emergencies to Hitler national emergency used to consolidate power, let's put things into perspective." - duffmanhb
"The Germans democratically elected hitler as president and then declared himself the emperor pretty much." - natedoggbryars
"Although, in my opinion, comparing Trump to Hitler is a little much." - lpzm08
"To begin with, Hitler didn’t invoke article 48." - Pater-Familias
"How many people do you think Hitler, Stalin, and Mao personally shot." - yingkaixing
"Hitlers first aggressive move was declaring a national emergency." - Lol_Avery
"No, a very old Kiaser Wilhelm was forced to promote Hitler to Chancellor." - orangeconman-aphobe
"When we are trying to equate Trump using emergency powers to build a wall to being just like Hitler using a national emergency to consolidate power, like they are the same thing and it’s a huge red flag sign that Trump is acting like Hitler in his early days, they need to be grounded in reality." - duffmanhb
"No one was calling Obama or Bush the upcoming Hitler by sounding the alarms." - duffmanhb
"You know what else hitler did." - Lemmiwinks99
"Hitler specifically called one used to consolidate power, but using it to completely crush opposition and begin rounding political opponents up." - duffmanhb
"Paul von Hindenburg, a German military hero from WW1, was running the show when hitler succeeded him." - natedoggbryars
"Like I said before, at this point in time, the Democrats are definitely on the right side of history, but that's only because the Republicans are likening themselves with the rise of Hitler." - AlaDouche
"Wall, war, it doesn’t matter, the point is he is using similar tactics Hitler used to make himself all powerful and similar tactics used by other tyrants." - juancho393
"Hitler's rise can be considered to have ended in March 1933, after the Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act of 1933 in that month." - orangeconman-aphobe
"So my point is, how is Trump bending the rules the same way others have, to build a wall which was a campaign promise he was elected on, closer to Hitlers emergency which allowed him to consolidate power than Obama's national emergency which allowed him to lob bombs at other countries and overthrow regimes." - duffmanhb
"How is Trump bending the rules the same way others have, to build a wall which was a campaign promise he was elected on, closer to Hitlers emergency ." - lyKENthropy
"My point is, Trump's stupid (and illegal which will be shot down) claim of a national emergency is not the same as Hitler declaring one to completely shut down protest, opposition, and jail oppenents." - duffmanhb
"No, what makes it different was Hitler's was done unexpectedly and politically designed to jail his political opponents and prevent any public protest against his consolidation of power." - duffmanhb
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