đ° The Nature of Power: From Trump Tower to the Reichstag
đ Once a rap punchline, now a rallying cry â Trump studied the script, Hitler wrote the playbook, and America is stuck in Act Two.
Because of my constant criticism of Donald Trump you may think I have something against him personally. Spoiler: I donât. In fact, I once liked the guy. Now I just keep an eye on him like a toddler with matches.
He wasnât always the orange overlord of grievance politics. Back in the â90s, rappers made him the lyrical mascot of âmaking it big.â JayâZ, Raekwon, Jeezy, Nelly â everybody wanted the Trump penthouse, not the White House. He was hip-hopâs Monopoly Man. I even read The Art of the Deal while hustling as a young real estate broker. Thought Iâd be the next tycoon. The only difference? My towers were made of dreams, his of drywall and unpaid contractors.
Then â oops â he won the presidency. Iâm convinced he didnât mean to. His first term was improv theatre: unprepared, Melania MIA, and the infamous jacket, âI donât care, do u?â She didnât move into the White House for months â preferring the golden cage of Trump Tower. Relatable, honestly.
But Act II is different. This time the couple is rehearsed, choreographed â the show is no longer comedy. Itâs tragedy with stadium seating.
âł Lessons from History
How did Adolf Hitler get millions to look the other way while atrocities stacked up like cordwood? Not by accident. He understood the nature of power â how to stretch rules until they snapped, how to make institutions bow, how to weaponize spectacle.
Nazi Germany ended in fire. Hitler swallowed a pistol, his nation swallowed rubble. The Nuremberg Trials punished some lieutenants, but the fĂźhrer dodged judgment.
đ Sidebar: Nuremberg â Rallies vs. Trials
Nuremberg Rallies (1923-38): Nazis with torches, banners, synchronized salute â politics as Broadway musical.
Nuremberg Trials (1945-46): Allies with gavels and evidence binders â justice as delayed encore.
Same city, opposite scripts.
đş The Trump Cabinet Show
Fast-forward to today: Trumpâs âTimes Nowâ livestreams â his cabinet gathered like worshipers at a revival tent, crooning âThank you, Mr. President, your leadership is divine.â Itâs YouTube meets Nuremberg. Comment, like, subscribe.
The script is the same:
Lock up Black and brown people.
Target immigrant-led cities.
Deport Mexicans. Cage Venezuelans.
Whisper about Guantanamo 2.0 and âback to Africaâ flights.
Notice whatâs missing? No flights âback to Russiaâ or âback to China,â even though their mafias and triads make El Chapo look like a weekend hobbyist.
And Epstein? Letâs just say itâs hard to keep humming âHail to the Chiefâ when his old buddy list looks like the worldâs worst cocktail party.
đ Sidebar: Who Runs Organized Crime?
(Spoiler: not the Venezuelan single mom crossing the border.)
Latin American Cartels â cocaine, fentanyl, violence.
Russian Syndicates â laundering, arms, cybercrime.
Chinese Triads â smuggling, gambling, prostitution.
Italian Mafia â heroin, extortion, old-world family drama.
West African Networks â sex trafficking, fraud.
U.S. Gangs â the neighborhood distributor.
â ď¸ Human trafficking is the international glue. The villains arenât hiding in caravans; theyâre running empires.đ Sidebar: Immigration & Crime â The Numbers
Claim: Immigrants = crime wave.
Reality: Native-born citizens = up to 2Ă more likely to be convicted.
Convictions per 100k (Texas, 2018):
⢠Native-born: 1 797
⢠Undocumented: 782
⢠Legal immigrants: 262
Immigration lowers crime. Cities with more immigrants are safer.
But hey â scapegoats sell better than spreadsheets.
đ Who Holds Power?
Trump now rules by executive order and tariff tweet. Congress? Reduced to a royal court of powdered wigs and polite applause.
Does he actually think King Charles III has power in Britain? He probably does. After all, Trump sees crowns like toddlers see candy.
𤥠Commentary Box: Does Trump Know?
In Britain, the monarch has less power than a corgi with a stiff upper lip.
But Trump loves a stage prop â scepters, medals, gold braid. In his world, performance is power. Why settle for prime ministers when you can cosplay a king?
đ Greeneâs 48 Laws, Hitlerâs Reich, Trumpâs Dynasty
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene teaches that power is less about truth than perception, less about justice than control.
Hitler: ruthless chess-master.
Trump: reality-TV show-runner with a bigger budget.
Different strategies, same conclusion: power forgives its abusers â until it doesnât.
đď¸ Twainian Reflection
I once admired Trump. Hell, I rooted for him like the underdog tycoon of my youth. But power is a funhouse mirror â it doesnât change the man, it reveals him.
The lesson here isnât about one individual. Itâs about the strange, dangerous nature of power itself: borrowed, fragile, intoxicating, and always hungry for more.
The question isnât whether Trump has power. Itâs whether we will recognize how fragile and dangerous that power really is â before the curtains fall again.
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