The Atlantic criticized for ‘Trump is Hitler’ article
The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum has faced criticism for asserting that Trump has been mimicking the rhetoric of some of the most infamous dictators of the 20th century. Read Full Article at RT.com
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The Atlantic magazine has faced criticism for an op-ed by staff writer Anne Applebaum that compares former US President Donald Trump to infamous dictators like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Benito Mussolini. Applebaum has long been accused of disseminating propaganda for US intelligence agencies.
The article, published on Friday, carries the title “Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini.” Applebaum contends that Trump’s use of terms such as “vermin” to describe his opponents and referring to criminal illegal immigrants as “animals” has introduced “dehumanizing language into American presidential politics.”
According to Applebaum, Trump is not only “cynically” drawing on the language of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini, but also incorporating phrases used by Mao Zedong and Pol Pot.
“In using this language, Trump knows exactly what he is doing. He understands which era and what kind of politics this language evokes,” she asserts.
The Trump campaign reacted to the article by labeling it “more fake news by a third-rate media outlet,” and it drew mockery from both pro-Trump supporters and independent voices online.
American journalist Glenn Greenwald critiqued the article on X, commenting, “When you spend 8 years calling a person every bad name you can think of – including Hitler – only to see that it's not working, so you desperately decide the only thing left for you to do is call him all the bad names at once.”
Conservative British pundit Ben Kew expressed amusement at the editorial decisions behind the piece, stating, “I love the idea that the editors at The Atlantic sat round a time and said: ‘Let's come up with a headline for Anne Applebaum's piece that will really scare the average voter.’”
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk added, “I can’t stop laughing,” in response to the op-ed.
Applebaum holds a position on the board of directors of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), an NGO supported by the US State Department that, according to its founder, performs functions that were historically conducted covertly by the CIA. The NED has been involved in a variety of controversial actions in recent years, including support for the 2014 Maidan coup in Ukraine and backing anti-Beijing efforts in Taiwan.
Her positions often align closely with those of the US national security establishment. In her writings for The Atlantic, she has called for regime change in Russia, accused Trump of planning to “abandon” Ukraine and NATO, and criticized Musk for not assisting Ukrainian forces with drone operations against Russian targets.
Commenting on her op-ed about Musk, American pundit Mike Benz pointed out, “Anne Applebaum is on the board of directors for the most notorious CIA cut-out in all of US history. So, you know, when reading her froth-mouthed hit piece today on Elon Musk, maybe take that into consideration.”
Applebaum has denied any affiliations between herself or NED and the CIA.
Moreover, Applebaum is married to Radoslaw Sikorski, the Polish Foreign Minister and member of the liberal Civic Platform party, which she has lauded in The Atlantic. Following the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022, Sikorski tweeted a photo of the site with the caption, “Thank you, USA.” Journalist Seymour Hersh has alleged that the CIA and US Navy were involved in sabotaging the pipelines.
Lucas Dupont contributed to this report for TROIB News
The article, published on Friday, carries the title “Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini.” Applebaum contends that Trump’s use of terms such as “vermin” to describe his opponents and referring to criminal illegal immigrants as “animals” has introduced “dehumanizing language into American presidential politics.”
According to Applebaum, Trump is not only “cynically” drawing on the language of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini, but also incorporating phrases used by Mao Zedong and Pol Pot.
“In using this language, Trump knows exactly what he is doing. He understands which era and what kind of politics this language evokes,” she asserts.
The Trump campaign reacted to the article by labeling it “more fake news by a third-rate media outlet,” and it drew mockery from both pro-Trump supporters and independent voices online.
American journalist Glenn Greenwald critiqued the article on X, commenting, “When you spend 8 years calling a person every bad name you can think of – including Hitler – only to see that it's not working, so you desperately decide the only thing left for you to do is call him all the bad names at once.”
Conservative British pundit Ben Kew expressed amusement at the editorial decisions behind the piece, stating, “I love the idea that the editors at The Atlantic sat round a time and said: ‘Let's come up with a headline for Anne Applebaum's piece that will really scare the average voter.’”
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk added, “I can’t stop laughing,” in response to the op-ed.
Applebaum holds a position on the board of directors of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), an NGO supported by the US State Department that, according to its founder, performs functions that were historically conducted covertly by the CIA. The NED has been involved in a variety of controversial actions in recent years, including support for the 2014 Maidan coup in Ukraine and backing anti-Beijing efforts in Taiwan.
Her positions often align closely with those of the US national security establishment. In her writings for The Atlantic, she has called for regime change in Russia, accused Trump of planning to “abandon” Ukraine and NATO, and criticized Musk for not assisting Ukrainian forces with drone operations against Russian targets.
Commenting on her op-ed about Musk, American pundit Mike Benz pointed out, “Anne Applebaum is on the board of directors for the most notorious CIA cut-out in all of US history. So, you know, when reading her froth-mouthed hit piece today on Elon Musk, maybe take that into consideration.”
Applebaum has denied any affiliations between herself or NED and the CIA.
Moreover, Applebaum is married to Radoslaw Sikorski, the Polish Foreign Minister and member of the liberal Civic Platform party, which she has lauded in The Atlantic. Following the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022, Sikorski tweeted a photo of the site with the caption, “Thank you, USA.” Journalist Seymour Hersh has alleged that the CIA and US Navy were involved in sabotaging the pipelines.
Lucas Dupont contributed to this report for TROIB News
