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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHitler put himself in charge of the1936 Berlin Olympics... Trump has put himself in charge of 2025 olympics
https://www.history.com/articles/1936-olympics-hitler-nazi-party"How the 1936 Berlin Olympics Became a Nazi Showcase
Adolf Hitler oversaw an Olympic Games that was staged to glorify himself and Nazi-led Germany."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-executive-order-2028-los-angeles-olympics-task-force/
"President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday creating a task force to oversee the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and he's putting himself in charge of it."
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Initech
(108,881 posts)May MAGA meet the same end as the fucking Nazis.
B.See
(8,552 posts)Kablooie
(19,114 posts)So in a few years, after Trump remains in office permanently, he will start WWIII.
Initech
(108,881 posts)Irish_Dem
(81,582 posts)They might be able to keep him ticking for some time.
Like they did for Cheney.
Jerry2144
(3,282 posts)erronis
(23,972 posts)alfredo
(60,308 posts)GreenWave
(12,672 posts)He watches movies like the Chinese taking over the Panama Canal and then acts like it,
B.See
(8,552 posts)Ocelot II
(130,703 posts)Of course, that would have meant he'd have to give the gold to Jesse Owens, which threw a spanner in the works of the Nazis' master race theory.
B.See
(8,552 posts)erronis
(23,972 posts)"It's mine! It's mine!"
littlemissmartypants
(33,861 posts)Irish_Dem
(81,582 posts)alfredo
(60,308 posts)It appears he didnt
Irish_Dem
(81,582 posts)He is so special and deserves it all.
snowybirdie
(6,701 posts)When they have an Olympics and no one shows up?
Ping Tung
(4,370 posts)littlemissmartypants
(33,861 posts)Kid Berwyn
(24,543 posts)Dear Leader works so hard for the peons and unpaid servants.
Chasstev365
(7,871 posts)Last edited Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:52 PM - Edit history (1)
customerserviceguy
(25,406 posts)Chasstev365
(7,871 posts)riversedge
(80,962 posts)FadedMullet
(941 posts)OldEurope
(1,282 posts)littlemissmartypants
(33,861 posts)He won't give a damn about what the IOC wants. They belong to him now.
Paladin
(32,354 posts)Preferably by close of business this evening. The range of damage and humiliation that trump is capable of inflicting on a Los Angeles-based Olympics is off the charts---the 1936 Berlin Olympics is a devastatingly accurate comparison.
In the event that the powers-that-be are too terrified/greedy/stupid to prevent a trumpian Olympics shitshow in L.A., a widespread effort to boycott attendance and viewing of the games needs to be implemented, just as soon as possible. No half-measures on this, folks---way too much at stake.
Torchlight
(6,886 posts)(I'd give a paycheck to see a "Ukranian Jesse Owens" and "single-handedly crushing Hitler's Mr. trump's myth of Aryan American supremacy" )
UTUSN
(77,795 posts)I can't come up with an exhaustive list, but partially:
* "America First" - successful for the Charles LINDBERG "isolationist" (Nazi)
* Even "MAGA" was used by RAYGUN before
* "They're stealing from us" - "Rigged"
* Tariffs - from the Robber Barron era
* Military parades - from all authoritarian regimes
* Taking over all prestige outlets - Olympics, 1936 HITLER
* Witch hunts, smearing all enemies - 1950s McCARTHYism, Red Scare
Hope22
(4,781 posts)The world must say no if our politicians are not strong enough to stand!
homegirl
(1,969 posts)Jesse Owens won several Gold Medals Hitler left the arena and never returned for the rest of the Olympics!
What would cause Donny to have the same reaction?
twodogsbarking
(18,889 posts)littlemissmartypants
(33,861 posts)Sogo
(7,221 posts)nt
erronis
(23,972 posts)littlemissmartypants
(33,861 posts)hamsterjill
(17,614 posts)Just like Melania copied Michelle's speech.
They aren't the brightest crayons, after all.
erronis
(23,972 posts)But No Colores!
tanyev
(49,348 posts)but, whew, this is really going to the wire.
Irish_Dem
(81,582 posts)MiHale
(13,072 posts)Dont come. Hold games somewhere else.
moondust
(21,297 posts)Hitler's putsch wasn't directly on the German Capitol. And Hitler wasn't elected to be dictator in chief (DIC).
DonOLD's putsch was directly on the U.S. Capitol. And a few years later he was apparently elected by voters to be the DIC.