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Matthew W. Finkin

Law professor

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Nov 18, 2025
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how do Trumps policies compare to hitler

Comparisons between Donald Trump’s policies and Adolf Hitler’s regime appear frequently in opinion pieces and commentary, but reporting and historians cited in the available sources emphasize both par...

Jan 25, 2026
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Were specific policies of the Trump administration linked to historical Nazi practices by commentators?

Commentators — ranging from and historians to opinion writers — have explicitly linked specific policies and actions to practices or tactics associated with , citing things like purges of officials, a...

Dec 15, 2025
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Which specific Trump policies are most often compared to early Nazi policies and why?

Historians, commentators and policy analysts most often point to a cluster of Trump-era actions as comparable to early Nazi policies: dehumanizing rhetoric about specific groups, purges or politicizat...

Dec 15, 2025

What role did executive orders under Trump play in drawing parallels to early Nazi consolidation of power?

Scholars and commentators are drawing specific parallels between several Trump-era executive orders and early Nazi consolidation tactics — notably civil-service purges, centralizing control over indep...

Dec 13, 2025

Which of Trump's policies are most commonly compared to Nazi-era policies and why?

Comparisons most often point to three clusters of policies and behaviors: dehumanizing rhetoric toward immigrants and minorities, purges and politicization of the civil service and judiciary, and prop...

Dec 5, 2025

Which specific Trump policies are most often compared to early Nazi measures?

Scholars, politicians and opinion writers most often point to a cluster of Trump-era measures—targeted purges of officials and curbs on judicial independence, aggressive immigration and deportation po...