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Exactly

His way of shifting the argument over seizing those assets towards his favour.
"What do you mean the EU seized russian aasets to fund Ukraine's war? Those assets were meant to reconstruct Ukraine, what a stab in the back from Europe! How dare they?!"

Spoken like a true leader. Very impressed by his speeches in Davos

I wonder at what point the republican party would actually move awqs from Trump. Apparently the "small government" party didn't cross its line when Trump literally called himself a dictator in Davos

Back with my third Tonsillitis in about half a year. Started in the same exact spot again. Guess I'm gonna have to get them chopped. Yay

The soviets destroyed pretty much the entire cuty, destroyed our heritage and history there, and it is a grave offence towards every german!
At least with it back under german governance could a scar form to close the bleeding

This is also why I will forever push that Germany regains control of Kaliningrad after Russia is defeated. Not to oppress Russians living there, or neo-colonialism, but because Königsberg is a key city in german history! It's where we crowned our kings when being a king in the HRE was forbidden

It was the right thing to abolish the kingdom of Prussia, as that entity tied our progress down, but nuking it from our history is erasing our heritage, not our militarism. That was erased by european cooperation as equals, ridding us of constant fear of subjugation.

Hitler's fascism was born out of this feeling. We were right in our militarism, look how the french opress us the moment they get the chance again! And out of this, he grew the worst fanaticism in world history.
Our militarism was a defense mechanism for national survival, not the memory of prussia

As militarism does it grew into a feeling of superiority. This is where it took a turn tiwards global hegemony and was rightfully beaten into submission by the Entente.
Yet, now feeling supreme themselves, the french did what our militarism was born against: a harmful peace to forever opress germans

German militarism was born from a need of survival. Either germans live under french and russian boot, with austria not daring enough to unify germans under them, or we rise up and forge our own Germany. One that stands up against our mortal enemies. This nurtures amd requires strong militarism

After WW2 there was a huge push to abolish Prussia. Not just the entity, but its name entirely. Churchill believed German aggressiveness was rooted in its prussian history and its militancy, so he fought tooth and nail to burry it.
I strongly believe he painted the right issue onto the wrong devil

There's an old discussion about merging some of Germany's federal states to become more efficient and centralized again.
I fully support any step towards this! Decentralization is a drain on our ressources and economy.
I merely ask Brandenburg-Berlin to be called Prussia. Respect our history again

Europe is standing up to Trumps new trade war. Good. We stand together in this.

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So torn on Trump's "aid" for Iran.
The people there desperately need aid and Europe is too orderly to help, which I must say has its upsides, although not for Iranians
Trump is chaotic enough to actually go in and help, but I am afraid of how his aid would look and especially what it would entail

With these great news from Syria, it is time for Türkiye to follow suit and show it remains committed to peace. Increase peace talk efforts with your kurdish minority and rewrite your constitution to recognize not just non-muslim minorities! The Kurds are your citizens, treat them as such

Very happy to read news of Syria recognizing their kurdish minority and enshrining rights for them. The first arab country to do so!
Syria stands for peace and democracy!

Nothing says pathetic fragile crook quite like orange felon accepting someone else’s Nobel Peace Prize and nothing says disgraceful fraud quite like Machado gifting her Nobel Peace Prize to a murderous tyrant like him for power. I hope the Nobel Committee strips it from her.

And of course, this is not to say it is the only reason, or that there's no resistance growing regardless. In studying what Mussolini did, Trump is missing the "why he did it".
Mussolini was an intelligent political orator. Trump is a mere mindless copycat. From his speeches, to rule, and expansion

Trump sees this and believes expansion to be his mandate as well. An ideological army to rule what should be US territory.
This is his gravest mistake, I believe, since there is no such wish among the american populace. The more he clamps down on this, the more disenfranchised his followers will get

I believe Trump's expansionism is also out of Mussolini's book. It is true fascists rule on constant emergency, but for Mussolini, expansion was his mandate.
Ethiopia, Albania, Yugoslavia-
The italians felt like this territory was theirs by right and the allies had betrayed Italy by not ceding it

Balbo in his early days was a true believer in his own strength and that an ideological army was stronger than any trained one, like Hegseth.
Even tho his views shifted later on, it is ironic Balbo was shot down by the very military he messed up.
However, I don't see Hegseth reforming his ways

With power cemented, Trump and Mussolini replaced every ministry with loyal followers regardless of their abilities. He had to feed the dogs and make them feel like they had control. All of them ended up eroding their ministries to a point of systemic collapse
One can compare Italo Balbo and Hegseth

Once Mussolini was in power, just like Trump, he used the catholic church to cement it. Made the pope endorse him and the catholic party voted for him. Trump couldn't get the pope's approval, but american catholics freely followed him once he pastured himself as modern Jesus and sold bibles

I would even go so far and say January 6 was copying Mussolini's march on Rome
He didn't command his dogs to bite, only to march, but the dogs bit regardless, while Mussolini was far away from it all
Only difference now was that King Vittorio didn't back down, which also would have stopped Mussolini

He is copying Mussolini's playbook.
He sent his Blackshirts to cause chaos and kill dissidents, then demanded a place in parliament so that he may stop the violence. Giolitti yielded, hoping to build an alliance, just for Mussolini to double down and block parliament from taking action

This actually reminded me of Romania.

Europe stands behind Peter Magyar! Hungarians, Europe is our shared home. Vote for its future