prescient, “Munich Post”. Trump, Preparing to Challenge the Results, Puts His 2020 Playbook Into Action

Trump, Preparing to Challenge the Results, Puts His 2020 Playbook Into Action

Step by step, Donald Trump and his allies are following the strategies that caused chaos four years ago. Election officials say they are ready this time.

Thank you, J.K. Rowling, for sharing our piece: Ron Rosenbaum, world-class expert on the rise of Hitler, refused to write about Trump for months. Until now.

Against Normalization: The Lesson of the “Munich Post”

Ron Rosenbaum on what the media can learn from the prescient "Munich…

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"Trump and his minions are in the driver’s seat, attempting to pose as respectable participants in American politics, when their views come out of a playbook written in German. Now is the time for a much closer inspection of the tactics and strategy that brought off this spectacular distortion of American values. What I want to suggest an actual comparison with Hitler that deserves thought. It’s what you might call the secret technique, a kind of rhetorical control that both Hitler and Trump used on their opponents, especially the media. And they’re not joking. [...] The playbook is 'Mein Kampf'."

Münchener Post - Wikipedia

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The Münchener Post (Engl. Munich Post) was a socialist newspaper published in Munich, Germany, from 1888 to 1933. The paper was notable for its ...

prescient

ˈprɛsɪənt/

adjective

1. having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.

   "a prescient warning"