Trump is not Hitler. To be Hitler, one would need an ideology to be fanatical about. Trump has no coherent ideology. The only thing for certain is that his agenda will benefit a tiny economic elite.

But Trump rode to power exploiting people's worst instincts, and his chief strategist developed a platform for virulent neo-Nazis and other bigots. Trump's also a compulsive, self-serving liar and a narcissist with delusions of grandeur. So, despite the fact that Trump's road to the presidency is significantly different from Weimar Germany and the rise of Hitler, there are nonetheless similarities. In short, a demagogic cult leader's appeal to economic and cultural anxieties that precipitated an ethno-nationalist revolt.