Trump, Hitler and how democracies die

By admin On May 21, 2025

Front Burner

A conversation with an expert on Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany to explore what he refers to as the ‘disturbing echoes’ between the German leader and U.S. President Donald Trump.

CBC News · Posted: May 21, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 14 minutes ago

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech marking his 100th day in office at Macomb County Community College Sports Expo Center in Warren, Michigan, on April 29, 2025. Trump celebrated the first 100 days of what is already one of the most radical and far-reaching presidencies in US history, but polls show Americans becoming disenchanted with the economic and political tumult. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

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Today on the show is historian Timothy Ryback. Timothy is an author and writer with The Atlantic. He’s the director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague.

Last year he published ‘Takeover’ which documents the ways Hitler and his enablers in the German establishment cleared the pathway to Nazism through constitutional means.

He’s on the show to discuss – what he refers to as the “disturbing echoes” between Nazi Germany and contemporary America. Particularly between Adolph Hitler and US President Donald Trump.

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