Can you read? Is English your first language? " He was a master of exploiting idealistic dupes in the United States and other countries. The stars in their eyes prevented them from seeing him as the monster he was." Does that sound like I think he was good? I think Stalin is certainly one of the most evil tyrants in history, although Mao, Pol Pot,Hitler, Caligula, Nero, Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, and Ivan the Terrible are stiff competition. Yes. I know how he seized power. What of it?
No, I'm not calling you Hitler. Yes, I do have a clue as to how Hitler attained power, and it wasn't by telling Germany that they were going to get free money.
Hitler, like Trump, won an election--or more accurately, his party did. People accepted it and he became Chancellor. Then all the fun began.
Okiefreak, Hitler never, ever won an election. President Paul von Hindenberg Appointed him chancellor. von Hindenberg thought that he'd be able to control Hitler. von Hindenberg died about a year later at age ~84. Hitler was never popular in Germany. At his zenith, Hitler might have had ~29% support of Germany's population. Trump is nothing like Hitler.
Resorting to Hitler and Stalin is always an indication that one lacks intellectual ability to defend his position; hence, transition to a tangentially related topic with the intent to refocus a debate favorable to the one lacking intellectual ability. This was the dominant tactic of loons such as Glenn Beck who feared reverting to the constitutional republic that was the patrimony of our Founding Fathers. Trump has the most conservative platform of any president including Reagan. Trump knows of the critical importance of rule of law, and that scares our erstwhile ruling elite. Some might even wind up in jail where they belong.
Depends on what you mean by "won an election". In 1933, the Nazis won 288 seats in the Reichstag by election, making them the largest (though not majority) party in the parliament. That's why Von Hindenberg appointed him Chancellor--a fateful decision.