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bluewater

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Mon Sep 7, 2020, 01:08 PM Sep 2020

German Nazis are now parading with Trump Banners and American Flags [View all]

Trump Emerges as Inspiration for Germany’s Far Right


Among German conspiracy theorists, ultranationalists and neo-Nazis, the American president is surfacing as a rallying cry, or even as a potential “liberator.”


BERLIN — Just before hundreds of far-right activists recently tried to storm the German Parliament, one of their leaders revved up the crowd by conjuring President Trump.

“Trump is in Berlin!” the woman shouted from a small stage, as if to dedicate the imminent charge to him.

She was so convincing that several groups of far-right activists later showed up at the American Embassy and demanded an audience with Mr. Trump. “We know he’s in there!” they insisted.

Mr. Trump was neither in the embassy nor in Germany that day — and yet there he was. His face was emblazoned on banners, T-shirts and even on Germany’s pre-1918 imperial flag, popular with neo-Nazis in the crowd of 50,000 who had come to protest Germany’s pandemic restrictions. His name was invoked by many with messianic zeal.

It was only the latest evidence that Trump is emerging as a kind of cult figure in Germany’s increasingly varied far-right scene.

“Trump has become a savior figure, a sort of great redeemer for the German far right,” said Miro Dittrich, an expert on far-right extremism at the Berlin-based Amadeu-Antonio-Foundation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/world/europe/germany-trump-far-right.html


THIS is how far Trump has degraded our nation's standing in the world. And after we get rid of Trump, people like Mike Pompeo will be stepping up to try and do it all again. Let's be under no illusions about what the Republican party has become when we work to undo all the damage they have wrought.





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Lovely! n/t Laelth Sep 2020 #1
I am so ashamed to be an American. Laffy Kat Sep 2020 #2
we truly bdamomma Sep 2020 #20
Our worst-ever export. JudyM Sep 2020 #3
I tell you, far right assholes are the same no matter where you go! Initech Sep 2020 #4
Nazi symbolism is illegal in Germany so now the ReichWingers are carrying Trump symbols instead. NoRoadUntravelled Sep 2020 #5
"Apparently they understand there's not all that much difference between the two." bluewater Sep 2020 #6
It's become surreal. NoRoadUntravelled Sep 2020 #10
"rumpism has not yet reached the pinnacle that Hitler's Germany did" DBoon Sep 2020 #19
Nadir. Yes, that's the perfect word for this. NoRoadUntravelled Sep 2020 #24
Our flag is now a rallying point for nazis, thanks don trump. spanone Sep 2020 #7
They know a fellow Nazi moondust Sep 2020 #8
Christ what a shitshow we've become in so short a span JDC Sep 2020 #9
nothing new here llashram Sep 2020 #11
and how proud he is of this, no doubt. Chili Sep 2020 #12
Because Trump is a revered figure in Germany dalton99a Sep 2020 #13
Not many women in that crowd Sucha NastyWoman Sep 2020 #14
OP Pic: One guy wearing a mask...on his forehead. Grokenstein Sep 2020 #15
Time for Americans to pay attention bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #16
I would be proud to let Germany have Trump, Dan Sep 2020 #17
They need to stay in the U.S. jayschool2013 Sep 2020 #26
NOOOOOOOO, not here!!! DFW Sep 2020 #27
If he is becoming a world leader, then he is THE THIRD ANTI-CHRIST KS Toronado Sep 2020 #18
I am in agreement. We very well could be the people of the last book. Harry Scrote Sep 2020 #28
Let me be the first..........Welcome to DU. KS Toronado Sep 2020 #29
Nazi's are DISGUSTING scum of the earth. Anyone whose hero is a man who murdered over 6 million iluvtennis Sep 2020 #21
The dumbest among us are spread all over? Brainfodder Sep 2020 #22
The irony is..... paleotn Sep 2020 #25
Poor man's Hitler paleotn Sep 2020 #23
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