Who is this?
This political figure held deeply contradictory views on power and morality, weaving them into an ideology grounded in racial hierarchy and national destiny. The person viewed power not simply as an instrument, but as a goal in itself, declaring that “Power is not a means, it is an end.” Violence and conflict were fundamental conditions of existence. The person argued that “Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle.” In this framework, force became essential to national survival and expansion, leading this person to assert that “The lost land will never be won back by solemn appeals to God, nor by hopes in any League of Nations, but only by the force of arms.”
This person consistently rejected conventional moral systems, especially those rooted in Christianity and humanitarian ideals. The figure dismissed humanitarianism as “the expression of stupidity and cowardice,” and treated morality as a flexible construct to be shaped by political necessity. The person further claimed that “the great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it,” implying that ethical considerations were subordinate to state power and obedience. Although the person proclaimed that “The national government… will offer strong protection to Christianity as the very basis of our collective morality,” the person simultaneously denounced conscience and traditional ethics as “dirty and degrading self-mortification of a false vision called conscience and morality,” revealing a selective and instrumental use of moral language.
This person further justified their actions through claims of divine authority, asserting, “I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator,” and portraying itself as “the greatest liberator of humanity” acting under Providence. This belief system allowed this person to present violence and authoritarianism as both morally justified and historically inevitable. This political figure claimed that “success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong” encapsulates this worldview, reducing morality to outcomes rather than principles. In this way, morality was reframed not as an ethical standard, but as a function of power, victory, and national survival.
ANSWER
ADOLF HITLER
Donald J. Trump
When comparing Donald J. Trump to Adolf Hitler, the point is not to equate outcomes, crimes, or historical magnitude but to examine how power is justified, how morality is framed, and how institutions are treated. On those structural dimensions, the similarities are unsettling and worth taking seriously.
Both figures present power as self-legitimating. Success, popularity, or dominance is treated as proof of correctness. If the Trump wins, he is right; if he loses, the system must be corrupt. This logic collapses truth into victory and replaces evidence with loyalty. In such a framework, moral standards do not restrain power they follow it, exactly as we are seeing today in the United States.
A second parallel lies in the instrumental use of morality and religion. Moral language is invoked selectively, often to sanctify the leader or the nation while dismissing ethical constraints when they become inconvenient. Appeals to “law and order,” national destiny, or divine favor coexist comfortably with rhetoric that excuses cruelty, deception, or the erosion of norms. Morality becomes branding rather than principle.
Both also rely heavily on delegitimizing institutions that limit executive authority. Courts, the press, civil servants, elections, and even military leadership are framed as enemies when they fail to show loyalty. In the case of Trump, he removed generals and high level officials that would not “pledge” fealty to him and/or deemed them incompetent or the organization fraudulent. This move is crucial: once institutions are portrayed as corrupt, the leader alone becomes the supposed source of truth and order. The state begins to orbit the personality rather than the constitution.
Another shared pattern is the normalization of aggression in political language. Opponents are not simply wrong but dangerous, unpatriotic, or subhuman. Fear and resentment are cultivated as mobilizing tools, creating an “us versus them” worldview that justifies extraordinary measures. In that environment, compromise is weakness and restraint is betrayal.
We are seeing this with ICE and other law enforcement and judging by what we have been witness to we can safety label them “Trump’s personal militia”. This militia has a complete disregard for the democratic freedoms of our country. Trump has give his militia the power to be judge, jury and executioner aka “absolute immunity” to murder, beat up, arrest American citizens whether they are protesting his tyrannical rule or are victims of his revenge.
The differences between the two matter and they matter a great deal. Hitler ruled a totalitarian state and unleashed catastrophic violence on a global scale. Trump has operated within a democratic system that, thus far, has barely constrained him through courts, elections, and civil resistance, However, these mechanisms only just keep him in check and those safeguards are failing more quickly as each day passes. The Constitution “guard rail” has been twisted and perverted over decades by a corrupt defunct Congress bringing us to present day America under the threat of an ultra greedy, extreme right Republican congress that has completely abdicated their congressional powers to Trump. Congressional powers bestowed upon them but their constituents aka American citizens.
What America stands for under Trump and a far-right extremist Republican Oligarchy and a Democrat Oligarchy with no principles or answers.
Immorality; High quality heath-care affordable only to the rich; Tariffs that harm individual Americans while enriching elites, politicians and corporations; Wars for Profit, Kidnapping, Absolute Power, Stealing natural resources from sovereign countries.
Trump treats power as moral authority, where loyalty outranks conscience, and institutions are portrayed as obstacles rather than safeguards. Trump has taken my country a long ways down the road to fully emerging as an authoritarian regime that he controls.
Democracy in America is collapsing rapidly under the reign of a narcissist authoritarian. Many Americans have ignore the erosion of our country for at least the past four decades placing their trust in congress and religious leaders, two of the most greedy, corrupt lazy institutions in the US. Then the religious right voted for Trump, not once but twice believing that a lying, dubious real estate developer con-artist would be their “savior”.
Meanwhile, the CIA, Mossad and UK equivalent, continue to sow the seeds of discontent and chaos throughout the world, in addition to training and arming terrorist under the guise of national security and so under the cloak of darkness and with limitless funding.
About Oil
Sometimes a picture speaks louder than words.
