No Salute

I am not a Trumpite, in case you haven't figured that out, but the media needs to focus on facts and stop trafficking in lies and innuendo. Also stop putting me in the position of defending people I don't want to.

At a recent rally Donald Trump asked the supporters gathered there to raise their hands and swear to vote for him. All politicians ask people to promise to vote for them.The raising of the hands is unusual but it's Trump. The supporters did it, most half heartedly. The spin on various social media platforms has been to compare it to the heil Hitler salute. The press then ran with the story. It is absolute nonsense. It was not a salute, it was people raising their hands the same way hands are raised everyday in this country for a variety of reasons.

Donald Trump is not Adolph Hitler. It is wrong for right-wing nutbags to refer to President Obama as Hitler and it's wrong to suggest it of Trump. Let's remember Hitler wrote a book from his prison cell which outlined exactly what he would do to Germany and the world if he got the chance. His one thousand years Reich lasted less than fifteen and he ended his life in a crumbling bunker with a gun to his head. Trump also wrote a book called the "Art of the Deal" and he tells you exactly why he does what he does.

Trump may tweet out quotes from Mussolini, which is not bright, but he's no Mussolini. Let's remember he ended hanging upside down from a window. Trump may be Il Douchebag but he is not Il Duce.

Our country is not pre World War II Germany or Italy. If Trump were to make it to the White House and became...problematic, our system of checks and balances can act to preserve the Republic.

Let's get some real reporting on who Donald Trump is and what he wants to do and stop dropping down all of these rabbit holes.