Jack Albrecht
1 min readFeb 8, 2025

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I was with you until here.

Trump isn't more fascist than the last five presidents. If you do some research on fascism, you will find there is no agreed-upon list of its elements. On Wikipedia (yes, I know they are sometimes a suspect source) the list of "principles" is very long, and there is no ranking or weighting. Meaning, that you can declare any US president of the last nearly 100 years a fascist and use Wikiepedia's definition to back you up.

Bush II started a war of aggression based on at best shaky at worst known false information. Bush then created a torture program at black sites to retroactively manufacture evidence to justify that illegal invasion. Then he covered up that torture program. Bush said, "You're either with us, or you're with the terrorists" when trying to justify his invasion. Those terrorists almost all came from Saudi Arabia. The Bush family and the House of Saud have a VERY close relationship for many decades.

If you think Trump is the first fascist to enter the White House, I think you need to look at your subconscious to find out why Trump triggers you more than Bush.

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Jack Albrecht
Jack Albrecht

Written by Jack Albrecht

US expatriate living in the EU; seeing the world from both sides of the Atlantic.

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