This is not politics as usual.
The inflammatory language puts Trump a world apart from any major-party nominee in modern American memory.
And its getting worse.
Trump at a rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16Scott Olson/Getty Images
Vance have baselessly accused of eating their neighbors dogs and cats.
Whilelocals suffer,Trump has leaned into the attacks.
They all say I think hes changed.
MaybeIve gotten worse actually.
In 2024, Trump has gone from playing footsie with fascists to quoting them openly.
Experts caution that dismissing Trumps extremism is a mistake.
It wouldnt be fascism without that feature.
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Ironically, Trump added a chaser of antisemitism to his anti-Muslim bigotry.
Its going to be a bloodbath for the country, Trump said.
Trump: Now, If I don’t get elected, it’s gonna be a bloodbath.
I dont know if you call them people.
In some cases theyre not people, in my opinion, he said on March 16 in Ohio.
But Im not allowed to say that because the radical left says thats a terrible thing to say ….
These are bad these are animals.
The Democrats say yo dont call them animals, theyre humans.
I said no, theyre not humans, theyre animals.
Context:Dehumanizing marginalized populations as subhuman is a hallmark of fascism.
Trump previouslycalledOrban the man who can save the Western world.
… Theyre trying to sign them up to get them to vote in the next election.
… Bidens conduct on our border is by any definition a conspiracy to overthrow the United States of America.
Immigrants are poisoning the blood of America
Theyre poisoning the blood of our country.
Thats what theyve done.
Prisons all over the world.
Not just from South America.
Not just the three or four countries that we think about.
Thats what theyre doing.
Theyre destroying our country.
They dont like it when I said that and I never read Mein Kampf.
Later in the month, Trumpinsistedin a radio interview I know nothing about Hitler.
Im not a student of Hitler.
I never read his works.
… What Im saying when I talk about people coming into our country is they are destroying our country.
Trump responded: Except for day one.
Because I want a wall, and I want to drill, drill, drill.
This idea of purification is central to fascist ideology, says Stanley, the Yale scholar.
Labeling political opponents as vermin its even more exterminationsist than Lock her up.
A war… could have been the result of this treasonous act.
The bad blood was mutual.
Lock up political enemies
Glenn Beck: Do you regret not locking her up.
And if youre president again, will you lock people up?
Donald Trump: The answer is you have no choice, because theyre doing it to us.
I am your retribution
I am your warrior.
I am your justice.
And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.
Nov. 28, 2022
Context:Trump on Nov. 25 had invited Kanye West to Mar-a-Lago.
fascist movement of the 1930s and 40s: America First.
