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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
(108,620 posts)May MAGA meet the same end as the fucking Nazis.
B.See
(8,353 posts)Kablooie
(19,103 posts)So in a few years, after Trump remains in office permanently, he will start WWIII.
Initech
(108,620 posts)Irish_Dem
(81,076 posts)They might be able to keep him ticking for some time.
Like they did for Cheney.
Jerry2144
(3,265 posts)erronis
(23,722 posts)alfredo
(60,289 posts)GreenWave
(12,610 posts)He watches movies like the Chinese taking over the Panama Canal and then acts like it,
B.See
(8,353 posts)Ocelot II
(130,374 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
(8,353 posts)erronis
(23,722 posts)"It's mine! It's mine!"
littlemissmartypants
(33,143 posts)Irish_Dem
(81,076 posts)alfredo
(60,289 posts)It appears he didnt
Irish_Dem
(81,076 posts)He is so special and deserves it all.
snowybirdie
(6,671 posts)When they have an Olympics and no one shows up?
Ping Tung
(4,370 posts)littlemissmartypants
(33,143 posts)Kid Berwyn
(24,246 posts)Dear Leader works so hard for the peons and unpaid servants.
Chasstev365
(7,681 posts)Last edited Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:52 PM - Edit history (1)
customerserviceguy
(25,406 posts)Chasstev365
(7,681 posts)riversedge
(80,676 posts)FadedMullet
(894 posts)OldEurope
(1,282 posts)littlemissmartypants
(33,143 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
(6,759 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
(77,655 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
(4,716 posts)The world must say no if our politicians are not strong enough to stand!
homegirl
(1,962 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
(18,606 posts)littlemissmartypants
(33,143 posts)Sogo
(7,177 posts)nt
erronis
(23,722 posts)littlemissmartypants
(33,143 posts)hamsterjill
(17,542 posts)Just like Melania copied Michelle's speech.
They aren't the brightest crayons, after all.
erronis
(23,722 posts)But No Colores!
tanyev
(49,204 posts)but, whew, this is really going to the wire.
Irish_Dem
(81,076 posts)MiHale
(12,966 posts)Dont come. Hold games somewhere else.
moondust
(21,279 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.