Donald Trump has expressed anger at being compared to Adolf Hitler, but it's happening again after the ex-president's latest post honoring the Veteran's Day holiday.
On Saturday, Trump posted the following message to American veterans.
"In honor of our great Veterans on Veteran’s Day, we pledge to you that we will root out the Communists, Marxists, Fascists, and Radical Left Thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our Country, lie, steal, and cheat on Elections, and will do anything possible, whether legally or illegally, to destroy America, and the American Dream. The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous, and grave, than the threat from within. Despite the hatred and anger of the Radical Left Lunatics who want to destroy our Country, we will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
That message struck some as familiar.
Media company MeidasTouch reported that Trump "echoes Hitler nearly verbatim" in his calls to destroy the "vermin," or liberals.
Tristan Snell, a former assistant attorney general in New York, added his take, as well.
Specifically, Snell quoted “This vermin must be destroyed. The Jews are our sworn enemies, and at the end of this year there will not be a Jew left in Germany.” — Hitler, 1939
Former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger also pointed out the post.
"Meh. He's going to jail," Kinzinger wrote. "American veterans deserve a not insane leader."
Journalist Bill Grueskin said Trump's long-winded post is "a paragraph for readers who can't handle the subtle nuances of Mein Kampf," Hitler's book.
Another journalist, Radley Balko, wrote the following:
"The guy who's a coin flip to be the next president is using sort of language that has historically resulted in mass graves."
Presidential historian Michael Beschloss also chimed in.
"Today, 'in honor of our great Veterans,' ex-President demands on social media to 'root out the Communists, Marxists, Fascists and Radical Left Thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our Country,'" he wrote on Saturday. "Please tell us if this reminds you of any earlier historical figure."
