I must admit that Trump is reminiscent of Benito Mussolini. Mussolini was a force, his motive and method of diplomacy was force. Force inspires respect and admiration just as the gunfighter Trump does today. And behind that mask of a bad guy who will make his country powerful and rich (the irony is that the USA is already the most powerful and richest country in the world) are hidden complexes and frustrations.
Trump is taking revenge on the Danes because pre-election polls showed that among all European nations, the Danes would give the least votes to Trump (as many as 85% of the Danes were for Kamala). And Trump is resentful with the feelings of a child who seeks respect and a little love.
Mussolini had his liberals in the first government just as Trump has Musk - that is also an interesting episode. After the March on Rome in 1922 (which Mussolini organized, but did not personally participate in), the king refused the prime minister's request to send the army against Mussolini's blackshirts. He feared civil war, and he understood that Mussolini and his militants could help him suppress any socialist revolution in the attempt. Because the socialists wanted to overthrow the king. That's why the king called representatives of the Liberal and Conservative parties and persuaded them to form a government with the fascists. Mussolini would not agree unless he was prime minister. So Mussolini became prime minister, the youngest Italian prime minister up to that point. The liberals were given the ministries of finance and economy. They took advantage of the fascist power, which was based on force and the suppression of any civil resistance, to quickly implement extensive reforms, abolish customs duties and reduce taxes, and privatize state-owned enterprises. They did their thing completely independently of Mussolini, who was not interested in the economy at that moment.
Workers' protests, instigated by communists paid by Moscow, were becoming more frequent, as were their clashes with the police and fascists. However, the murder of a socialist parliamentarian in broad daylight on the street was a turning point, and then the liberals and conservatives demonstratively left parliament, refusing to cooperate until the perpetrators were found. Mussolini used this to accuse his coalition partners of "chaos and disorder" and, with the king's support, abolished multi-party politics and proclaimed the Dictatorship of the Leader in 1925.
He had enormous popular support because of his charisma. People thought he was omnipotent and that his "firm hand" would bring them security and wealth. His slogan was "Let's make Italy great", which Trump stole. And he didn't just steal that from Mussolini, he stole everything else. But his followers and the blindness with which they believe him - that's just something psychologists should study. For the first time I really got to know the true meaning of the word "sheep" when describing certain members of the human race. In my surroundings, that word is used often, mostly in an exaggerated or wrong sense. Only in the Trump sect is it not an exaggeration.
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