Ruth Ben-Ghiat also exposed the real purpose of one claim that was repeatedly made at the event. Authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat delivered a damning critique of former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday. The history professor at New York University, who has warned extensively of the dictatorial threats posed by the Republican presidential nominee, used X (formerly Twitter) to comment on multiple controversial moments at the event. When speakers claimed that “they” (without explaining who “they” actually were) had tried to assassinate Trump, she responded: “The purpose of this is to conjure a threat environment sufficient to justify authoritarian action if they win. Old trick of those planning coups as well.” To Trump’s claim that non-supporters are “the enemy from within,” Ben-Ghiat wrote: “Where have I heard this before.” “And there we have it: pure Fascism,” she said of another speaker saying there has to be a 100 million vote landslide victory for Trump and that “we need to slaughter this other people.”
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siehe auch: Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally sparks comparisons to 1939 pro-Nazi event Just last week former White House chief of staff John Kelly said Trump met the “general definition of a fascist.” Kelly added that Trump had commented several times that “Hitler did some good things too”. Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday has drawn comparisons to a 1939 Nazi rally at the iconic venue just 6 months before Germany would invade Poland, sparking WW2. With just over a week to go before Election Day, the former president took the stage at the iconic venue to deliver his campaign’s closing message against Kamala Harris. Many political strategists questioned Trump’s choice of venue for the rally as New York is a solid blue state, with little Trump could do in the final days to change the outcome. But his critics say the choice of venue was an evocation of Naziism. Just last week former White House chief of staff John Kelly said Trump met the “general definition of a fascist.” Kelly added that Trump had commented several times that “Hitler did some good things too.”