Is Trump a Nazi?

After being shot, he repeatedly brings the Hitler salute

Trump has flirted with and met with Nazis and fascists. He generally likes ruthless dictators and has praised Hitler’s generals, who (he thought) just did as they were told. He doesn’t know of those who tried to kill him.

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It’s not easy for anyone to be shot at. It’s less easy when a bullet hits you. Even if it only graced you. Even if you would not have dodged the draft. Especially when they’re not stray bullets, but when they’re aimed at you.

When we look at the clips, we see him getting up with a face of being in pain. He looks like ‘poor me.’ He asks clearly audibly for his shoes to be put on. Then, now iconically, his fist pumps into the air shouting, ‘Fight, fight, fight.’ Most YouTube clips are cut off there. Search for those that aren’t.

When he’s led away to the car, he repeatedly brings the Hitler salute. I’m not kidding you. Look for yourself at the above clip (1:28):

0:05 Shots ring out, Trump reaches for his right ear, startled.

0:08 He dugs.

0:09 Secret Service agents start dog-piling on him. So late!

0:11 The bullet fire stops. Many women screaming. Much talking between a timid and shocked-sounding Trump and a commanding-sounding voice.

0:33 Finally, the command, ‘Move!’ Then softer, ‘Move.’ Then friendlier, repeatedly, ‘Are you ready?’ Trump’s asking things I can’t decipher.

0:51 ‘We’re good. He’s down.’

1:05 ‘Get up!’ They’re getting up together. Trump, calmly: ‘Let me get my shoes. Let me get my shoes.’

1:07 ‘I’ve got you. I’ve got you.’

1:09 ‘Let me get my shoes.’ Trump’s head appears (unprotected!). He seems focused inward, face distorted by pain, a little ‘poor me’ over him.

1:11 ‘Hold down your head.’ (What a ridiculous command. He’s 6’2″.)

1:21 Trump fist pumps into the air, his mike sound cut, while he shouts, ‘Fight, fight, fight!’ Can be read from his lips very clearly.

1:28 Now Trump brings the characteristic Hitler salute with his right hand for a full 3 seconds. [This is where most clips end—see below examples.]

1:30 Lowers his hand but not his arm.

1:31 Brings the Hitler salute again, but only for half a second.

1:32 Lowers his hand, looks at the stairs he needs to go down on, looks scared, makes a fist, opens it, and closes his raised fist again.

1:36 Furious and in pain, Trump hammers with his fist into the air.

1:39 Makes a Hitler salute again for a split second, then reaches for the stairs’ railing, but ends up leaning on the officer on the right of him.

2:01 Bold head now visible, Trump raises his fist really high for 4 seconds, then is lowered into the car by the security forces.

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Is this 1958 TV piece eerily prophetic, or the script D.J. Trump runs by?

The Talmud says you can know someone’s character via three things: his kees, kos, and kahs—pocket, cup, and anger. This means: How he spends his money, what he does and says when he’s drunk, and when he’s angry.

Trump is illiterate and often doesn’t know things. But he certainly knows the Hitler salute. I’m not interpreting anything. I just describe what shows.

Perhaps he was in shock. This often comes with a heightened awareness. But he was all there. Nothing like he didn’t know what he was doing.

The proof is out there, often deliberately cropped or cut (see below) or carelessly overlooked. Once you’ve seen it, it’s impossible to unsee it.

As long as he plays normal, the vile act will stay hidden and unknown. But as soon as he turned dictator, Heaven forbid, and needs loyalty from his militia, he’ll use this as proof that his heart was always in the ‘right’ spot.

His angry fist pumping is always shown; his Sieg Heil salute is not. Is that to not fuel Nazism or to protect Trump’s image? That’s a fair question.