Adolf Hitler is not the German that comes to mind when I think of Donald Trump. Trump has been accused of demagoguery, and there are those who observe that he has amply displayed his flair for tapping into prejudices, particularly racial, in a way reminiscent to the Nazi dictator. However, if his outbursts in the past week are anything to go by, he resembles less the nightmare fuel that was Hitler and more the desperation of two other German military men — Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff — and what would come to be known as the Dolchstoßlegende.
Going by the polls, things are not looking good for the Donald. He might have begun to realise that the wider electorate does not see things his way. And with the possibility of defeat, Trump has been repeating his allegation that the election is rigged, ad nauseam, in tweet after tweet and in speech after speech. However, while his ire towards what he describes as the "dishonest" media, and his lack of regard for Republican leaders Paul Ryan and John McCain, are not news to anyone who is following the elections, his outbursts against both the media and the other leaders have increased in their pitch.
After the second presidential debate last Sunday, Trump took to Twitter to vent his ire. "It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I want to," he wrote. The tweet was followed by: "With the exception of cheating Bernie out of the nom (nomination) the Dems (Democrats) have always proven to be far more loyal to each other than the Republicans!" Not stopping there, he added: "Disloyal R's (Republicans) are far more difficult than Crooked Hillary. They come at you from all sides. They don’t know how to win – I will teach them!"
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