Steve Bannon.

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(02-15-2017, 01:51 AM)Dill Wrote: Sure it is fair to compare Obama to Pol Pot. Both had two eyes and a nose. Neither was white.

 But the contrasts are telling here. One was "militaristic" and the other got healthcare coverage for millions who'd been previously uncovered.

No Obama supporter is going to get wound up about a Pol Pot comparison because the critical correlations just aren't there.

Well sure, Trump is closer to Hitler as Obama is to Pol Pot. Probably. 
Far be it from me to open friendly fire. But the Hitler comparison is really a bit of a stretch. It's exactly the kind of thing where the so-called other side can point to unwarranted exaggeration and kind of have a half-decent argument when doing so. Hence, you're not too persuasive to those who don't agree with you in the first place.
Trump does not resemble Hitler too much. One obvious reason, Hitler laid out his plans quite openly in Mein Kampf, which appeared around 1926 or so. I don't know what Trump wrote several years ago. Probably nothing.* But the fascist background isn't quite there. Plus, Hitler was many evil things, but he was not exactly dumb. Another major difference.

And I say that fully aware that the authoritarian aspects are there - like using "national security" as a legitimate reason to overthrow the balance of powers and decrease the influence of other branches like the judiciary one. Which is exactly what he tries to does and what Stephen Miller aimed at. Or like establishing a personality cult, trying to shut up critics, keeping ties to private business and appointing family members to influential positions. Sure, all that and more. But Hitler?

It might be more fruitful to compare Bannon to Goebbels.

* I did some research. He wrote "the art of the deal" and called it the second best book ever written after the Bible. Take that, great Gatsby.