Trump As Hitler

 As Karl Marx wrote, "history repeats, first as tragedy, then as farce."

Confirming this, we have just witnessed  President Trump's attempted emulation of Hitler's 1938 Anschluss, or annexation, of a neighboring state. 

In Hitler's case the neighbor, Austria, was a mere one eighth the size of Germany. Trump, in comparison, has displayed far grander ambition. He seeks to acquire Canada, a territory larger even than the United States itself, and more than 100 times larger than the Austrian territory occupied by Hitler's Germany. 

Oh, and while he's about it, Trump demands control of Greenland, with its abundance of ice, oil and fish and an area 25 times that of Austria. Plus he intends to take back the Panama canal. 

As yet, no one seems to be taking Trump seriously.