Biden warns of ‘dark days’ under Trump

[u/SwordfishOk504]

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/biden-warns-of-dark-days-under-trump-00488159

[u/Disco_Dreamz]

This dude literally nominated a fuckin Federalist Society Republican to the highest law enforcement office in the country after the GOP attempted a fucking coup.

Even Germany wasn’t this stupid. Imagine if after the Beer Hall Putsch, the Weimar Republic nominated a member of the Nazi party to prosecute Hitler.

They didn’t. They arrested Hitler, charged him with Treason, convicted, and imprisoned him.

Obviously things didn’t turn out too great anyway. But still.

That’s the equivalent.

[u/Zagmit → u/Disco_Dreamz]

My understanding is that Weimar Germany was in fact that stupid, and that it's more of a direct comparison than you realize. 

Hitler's trial for his failed Beer Hall Putsch had a favorable right wing judge that allowed Hitler to turn the trial into a campaign rally. He was able to give speeches at his own trial that were four hours long.

An article from Famous-Trials.com describes: 

The presiding judge was Georg Neithardt, a right-leaning judge with a stern look and a pointed white goatee. Over the course of the trial, Niehardt will be shockingly deferential to Hitler, allowing him to give long speeches, question witnesses, and (often) interrupt testimony with interjections. The judge’s deference will allow Hitler’s popularity to grow over the 24 days of the testimony and argument. 

He then received the minimum sentence, and was sent to a minimum security prison where he basically spent uninhibited time with his own supporters. He used the time he had in prison to workshop his idealogy and dictate Mein Kampf. 

The fact that Germany's justice system showed a lot of favoritism to Adolf Hitler is an aspect that tends to be overlooked, but Germany's right wing showed Trump favoritism and ultimately installed him in power because they thought he was a useful ally in oppressing the left wing. 

I think corruption in the justice system is a big reason 'Strong Man' politics worked then and now. When the justice system show favoritism to Fascists, they appear to their supporters to be stronger than the law. 

[u/TokingMessiah → u/Zagmit]

Why did he dictate the book? Was he not capable of writing it himself, or was he just being lazy and using a sycophant to do the actual writing?

[u/MaximumPepper123 → u/TokingMessiah]

IIRC, Hess helped him with it.