For the life of me, right now I can’t get the image of Benito Mussolini out of my head. Trump is up there, preening, gesturing, haranguing the crowd and I see the great fascist Benito, lifting up his chin at the end of his speech, arrogant and defiant. But, it’s not 1942 and Mussolini is not strutting up there. It’s Donald Trump.
His eyes flash with anger. His mouth gapes oddly as his voice strains louder. The strange flop of yellow hair contrasts with his tangerine-tinted face. He repeatedly gestures like a ringmaster exhibiting the next act of dancing ponies.
His voice is loud, determined to hook you. It is sing-song as he lists one after another the complaints he has against those who want to ruin this country. Many. many people, good people, know that the election was stolen, he rants. Our country is going down in the cesspool of what the Democrats want, Elites are jamming down our throats stuff that the the socialists are feeding them. We are loosing our country. That America that you and I grew up with. It’s no more. We’ve allowed our country to lose it’s prominence among the nations. Nobody respects America anymore.
Were going to change all that. No more sending off money–your money– to countries that take, take, take! And, what do we get back? Nothing! Well, all that is going to change. Our military is the greatest power on earth but it is weakened by timid leadership. All that is going to change. We are going to be respected as the greatest country on earth again.
This is a man of stump speeches. Last week, Illinois. Before that, Ohio. He stirs up crowds wherever and whenever he can. Give him a platform — even a stump — anything to elevate him, and he is up there on another harangue. The rant is always the same. The enemies of America are the Democrats. The white race is discounted by massive, uncontrolled invasion at our border with Mexico. But were here today to change all that! We’re here to Make America Great Again!
Benito stirred up the crowds in just about the same way to Italians eighty years ago. Only he said it as Make Italy Roman Again!
They eventually hung him.