@petergleick Do we REALLY have to point out the difference?
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
...and the worship of the Duce or Führer as embodiments of the nation's will.
Trump's banner at the Justice Department, hung in February 2026 under his second term, operates in a different framework: America's constitutional republic, with separation of powers, federalism, and ongoing elections. It's a bold assertion of executive authority over a bureaucracy accused of weaponization against him—think the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane or the DOJ's pursuit of January 6 cases that....
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
... targeted supporters while ignoring leftist violence. The slogan "make America safe again" ties to policies like mass deportations and cracking down on urban crime, not establishing a Gestapo. No concentration camps, no Enabling Act ending democracy, no oath sworn to Trump personally by all officials.
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
@petergleick Well, in this one case, Mussolini's portrait is on his party's headquarters, not the (officially nonpartisan) Ministry of Justice.
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
@petergleick ah yes good point
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
@petergleick same.
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
@petergleick The modern picture is in colors.
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
@petergleick one of these is the least original of the three, done with full knowledge of the career/life arc of the other two, yet was still done un-ironically.
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
@petergleick There is no difference.
But this is not a feature of Trump, Mussolini or Hitler as much as fascism is a feature of people!
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@petergleick
The primary difference between someone like Trump vs someone like Hitler or Mussolini is that Hitler and Mussolini actually had some redeeming qualities. Like the fact that Hitler was a war hero in WWI whereas Trump dodged the draft. Or the fact that Hitler was a talented painter and Mussolini was a talented violinist, whereas the only thing Trump is good at is conning people.@Phracker2Art @petergleick Hitler was a talented painter? Fact so far: The Republicans did not start a ww - yet.
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
Trumps Banner is the most beautifull, grestest, biggest banner in historie.
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
RE https://fediscience.org/@petergleick/116100011554390385
Der Slogan
"MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN"
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@petergleick one of these is the least original of the three, done with full knowledge of the career/life arc of the other two, yet was still done un-ironically.
Well, Mussolini did that ever-present SI! –thing, and Hitler had his catchy party logo, so you could arguably say they both had their own thing.
Meanwhile, Trump's catch-frase is a temu-version of Thatcher's, as "make Britain great again" at least had a hook.
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
There are many good answers, but seriously I think the difference is that Hitler and Mussolini did sets (you can see Si! and swastika several times in the picture), while Trump only had the one banner.
Lazy, poor, no Feng Shui. Etc.
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fascist frowns
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
@petergleick The difference is that this time, the people who see it’s cringe are vocal about it.
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
@petergleick The only difference is that two photos are in black & white while one is in color.
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
@petergleick
"What is the difference ?" ..... -
Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
@petergleick MASA....
So next will then be "Make America SuperSafe Again"?
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Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
Hitler banner at Danzig.What's the difference?
Left: The douche Right: Il duce
