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I wrote the book on Hitler's first 100 days. Here's how Trump's compare

JL;DR SUMMARY Peter Fritzsche, a historian specializing in Nazi Germany, contrasts the early actions of President Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler during their respective first 100 days in office. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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DemocracyTrumpHitlerAuthoritarianismNazi GermanyPublic SupportHistorical LessonsFirst 100 DaysPolitical ParallelsConsolidation Of Power

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Germany
"In the same year, Adolf Hitler, who had been appointed Germanys chancellor on Jan. 30, was busy consolidating dictatorial power an effort in which he found remarkable success."
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"Peter Fritzsche is a professor of history at the University of Illinois, where he has taught since 1987."
United States
"In the same time period, Roosevelt had taken the U.S. by storm."
El Salvador
"say, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posing for photos in front of caged deportees in an El Salvador prison."

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