I'm not sure we really need to decide who in history Trump reminds us of.
Only if you had to answer which is more like Hitler and which is more like Stalin would I be able to agree with you on this occasion.
As part of a History A level exam.
But is not a question I would ask.
It is not too dissimilar from "Which division 1 side of the 1970s does the current Albion most resemble: Nottingham Forest or Derby County?
I'm not seeing much evidence that Putin needs to be worshipped by adoring masses while shouting.
And I am not sure that Trump is much of an embodiment of machismo.
Neither seem to be interested in killing all the Jews, either.
I understand that seeking analogy is a way of understanding.
I do it all the time in my job.
Rarely do I hit the target. That's the nature of the beast.
Here we have a couple of one-offs.
I'd like to think that we can find better ways of dealing with them than bombing the shit out of them, or waiting for them to die.
Sadly however.....it seems we have yet to learn what these ways may be.
