
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I cannot recall any President of the United States being called a fascist dictator &#8212; and frequently compared to Germany’s Führer, Adolf Hitler. At least not until Donald Trump came along. It is an absurd comparison – and should be offensive to any person with an IQ higher than a hockey score.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Michelle Obama once proclaimed that when “they (Republicans) go low, we (Democrats) go high”. ; In claiming that Trump is a fascist &#8212; an American Hitler and his supporters are Nazis – Democrats and the left-wing establishment have gone about as low as you can go. ; They are attempting to use the gas chambers of World War II to gaslight the American people.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Internet is filled with memes featuring Trump &#8212; in words and images – as Hitler. ; Hundreds – perhaps thousands – of newspapers political cartoons carry the Trump-as-Hitler theme. ; When asked during the campaign if they believe Trump is a fascist, the most prominent Democrats – including Vice President Harris, Senator Adam Schiff and others – answered in the affirmative. ; These are not some local partisans in a bar or an angry lefty spending too much time in front of his computer, but the leaders of the Democratic Party.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The smear has been spread to billionaire industrialist Elon Musk. ; The left spun an innocent raised hand gesture into a Nazi salute. ; (He had actually first touched his heart and raised his hand in a gesture of sending love to the audience). ; Vandals spray painted swastikas and “Nazi” on Tesla dealerships and privately owned vehicles. ; And for the most part, the Democrat response to this &#8230;shall I say &#8230; Nazi like violence has been crickets.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The latest example of the Trump-as-Hitler narrative involves comedian actor/writer Larry David &#8212; the genius behind the “Jerry Seinfeld Show” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm”. ; (Two of my favorite shows, by the way).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">David took his pen to mock the meeting between Trump and late night comedian Bill Maher – who has been an unwavering Trump critic. ; Maher once facetiously offered $5 million to some charity if Trump could prove he was not the son of an orangutan. ; Maher based the bet on his claim that only the orangutan as the same shade of orange color as Trump’s hair at the time.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Much to the shock and dismay of the Trump Derangement Syndrome folks, Maher reported that Trump was very pleasant and engaging. ; He had a good sense of humor and was nonplussed when Maher raised tough issues. ; As can be expected, Maher saying kind words about Trump got him a barrage of criticism from the never-Trump crowd.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To mock Maher and his meeting with Trump, David created a hypothetical conversation with Hitler. In part, he wrote:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>“Imagine my surprise when in the spring of 1939 a letter arrived at my house inviting me to dinner at the Old Chancellery with the world’s most reviled man, Adolph Hitler. ; I had been a vocal critic of his on the radio from the beginning, pretty much predicting everything he was going to do on the road to dictatorship. ; No one I knew encouraged me to go. ‘He’s Hitler. He’s a monster.’ But eventually I concluded that hate gets us nowhere. ; I knew I couldn’t change his views, but we need to talk to the other side&#8211; even if it as invaded and annexed other countries and committed unspeakable crimes against humanity.”</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What is remarkable about David’s literary composition is that the New York Times published it as an essay. ; Patrick Healy, deputy opinion editor, defended the newspaper’s decision to print what amounts to an amateur-level attempt at humor (not up to David’s standards). ; He said it was consistent with the Times’ “high bar for satire.” ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“High bar” indeed. ; It was about as low as a “newspaper of record” (whatever that means) could go. ; The newspaper put its presses behind the Democrats’ disgusting Trump-as-Hitler” narrative. ; It is a narrative that can have dangerous consequences. ; In fact, one of the would-be Trump assassins believed he was saving the country from a diabolical dictator.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Despite the obvious parallels, Healy said, “Larry’s piece is not equating Trump with Hitler”. ; WHAT? ; The linkage could not be more obvious. ; If that was not the intent, the Times would have had no reason to have published the essay – and if it was not authored by a prominent personality, it would not have.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Healy went on to say:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>“It is about seeing people for who they really are and not losing sight of that. ; Sometimes the best way to make an opinion argument isn’t in a traditional essay. ; American are inundated with news. ; It can sometimes take a satirical provocation to break through, even at the risk of causing offense.”</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So, who is it that Heally wanted to see “for who they really are” – Trump or Hitler? ; It is obvious that both David and Heally wanted to see them both in the same light – and that is gaslighting. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There is no valid comparison between Trump and Hitler. His supporters and the 77 million people who voted for Trump are not Nazis. But &#8230; those on the radical left have failed to realize that vicious and malicious slander is no way to win over the American people. If Trump were the Hitler they describe, Democrats should take no comfort in the fact that voters saw their candidate as even a worse choice.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So, there ‘tis.</p>

Larry David and New York Times engage in gas chamber gaslighting
