The Importance Of Donald Mirrors Hitler's Rise To Power

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Hitler was a totalitarian leader in Germany during WW2 who rose to power due to his promises to make Germany a better country. Germany was at a weakened state, facing a Great Depression, excessive amount of respirations, and other problems had taken a toll on them and resulted in a loss of faith in their country. The lack of hope allowed Hitler to gain a political role in the country, because unlike other leaders at the time he had answers. Although they weren't the cause of the debt and pain that Germany faced, Hitler blamed the Jews. Hitler influenced Germans that Jews were the cause of all their countries problems and noted that with his power he would make sure that they were punished. He went on to later become one of the most vicious …show more content…

Both Trump and Hitler won their countries over by convincing them that there was something wrong which needed to be fixed in order to better the country as a whole. A story titled "5 Ways Donald Trump Perfectly Mirrors Hitler's Rise To Power" by Adam Brown states "At several points he goes to great lengths to suggest that black and Hispanic people in poor communities are among the biggest victims when it comes to losing jobs at the hands of illegal immigration and that reform in that area should be largely at helping them prosper." Donald Trump has lead individuals to believe that the reason for the high unemployment rate and lack of resources available to them is due to immigrants in our country, mainly those of Hispanic and Mexican descent. Similarly, Hitler used a similar method of gaining power by blaming the problems that Germany faced on the Jews. According to an article titled, “Adolf Hitler’s Hatred of Jews Stemmed from First World War” by Allan Hall, “Hitler blamed the Jews for defeat of the country, the collapse of the monarchy and the ruination of millions." Since World War one was the cause of the duty to pay back massive respirations, depressions, and other problems that Germany faced, the belief that the Jews caused Germany to lose the war was enough to influence the entire country that Jews were horrible, bad people. Both Hitler and Trump were able to place the problems of their country on a specific race which lead to their

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