text: To do so is to betray their very profession, and the very concept and principle of a free press. The cornerstone of democracy.
  
  And even his assault on the press wasn't new, it too can be found in every fascist authoritarian who ever lived. Trump spoke of the lying press. Hitler spoke of the Lugenpresse. 
  
  And now we have the world's nuclear arsenal under control of a man with no impulse control whatsoever. 
  
  When he was elected, I feared world war 3 was upon us. I'm actually rather more optimistic now. I am no less confident in my assessment of Trump as being just another fascist demagogue in the vein of Hitler or Musolini - but I cheered by the fact that, unlike those, he is utterly incompetent.
  
  Hitler was not only willing to attack the checks and balances in the republic, he was not only willing to exploit tragedies to assume greater power: he was actually *good* at it. That's the one thing Trump lacks. He is the perpetual campaigner, because he's terrible at the actual execution.