I wish I could give this a thousand claps.

I have been saying as far back as last summer that Trump's strategy was straight out of the Nazi playbook, in that he told a lie consistently and repeatedly long enough for people to start believing it. He cleverly seeded the idea by saying if he didn't win it would mean the election was rigged. He railed against postal voting. Against non-existent voter fraud. And on and on it went... whipping up his followers into a delusional frenzy that culminated in the horrifying storming of the Capitol (something that he bears personal responsibility for, as he urged people to do it with his own lips). I wish I could say I was surprised by the outcome, but I wasn't surprised at all.

Donald Trump has blood on his hands. But still his delusional followers insist the election was stolen. The parallel you draw with the Weimar Republic situation after World War I is spot-on. I genuinely fear for the future of America, and for my American friends caught up in the midst of all this, which is why articles like this are so important. It is in everyone's interests for a strong and prosperous America to play a part on the world stage, but it cannot do so if it is torn apart by lies.