Fedja Buric, an assistant professor of history at Bellarmine University, believes that there is a rising of fascism in the United States and Europe. Fascism have three basic elements that nearly all fascist governments show and are authoritarianism, nationalism and xenophobia. The author is arguing that Donald Trump is "repeatedly threatened our democratic institutions and seized the imagination of a significant portion of the Republican electorate." He also is saying that he believed that Donald Trump is very authoritarian and inspires others through this persona, not because of his policies. He used this with his very nationalistic views and minimizing views of foreign groups to give rise to fascism. I find this article to be right is some sense. There can be a lot of relation drawn between the characteristics of Trump and the characteristics of famous fascist leaders such as Hitler. There is a lot of hate for certain foreign groups and promoting violence. I have seen several of Trump's political rallies. When a fight breaks out, Trump laughs and jokes about it in a way that promotes that it is okay when it is not. It happens on multiple occasions, while other campaigns don't have the same thing. I agree with the author in the sense that yes there are some similarities between Trump and fascist characteristics. However, I do not know if it is to the point of full blown fascism.
In this article, I feel as though the author is targeting a general audience, however in a way he is appealing to the people who are anti-Trump by what his platform and argument is. I get the sense that he is credible in the sense that he is connecting dots, analyzing and making arguments. He is also a professor in history and therefore would have a lot of knowledge of the previous fascist leaders around the world which would help him identify the similarities. However, the one place where I see his credibility lacking is in the resources used for his information. How do we know all of it is true? Where does the information and facts come from? s He uses a lot of intense and dramatized language in the way he is wording his article such as "The unimaginable has become imaginable," when speaking of Trump's actions. Overall, I believe this is a well put together argument and definitely could be possible because Donald Trump does have some of the characteristics described of a fascist leader.
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