Two months ago, the Democratic presidential candidate made a bold assertion, stating that Donald Trump saw himself as a modern-day Hitler, that he would "turn the American military on the American people" and that he had intentions of "locking people up because they disagree with him.
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This claim, however, was met with little to no reaction from the mainstream media.
As reported by Gateway Pundit, the Western Journal was among the few conservative outlets that challenged this rhetoric, which was propagated by Vice President Kamala Harris and her team of surrogates. Fast forward to a month and a half after Trump's resounding victory in the presidential election, where he won the Electoral College convincingly and even secured the popular vote without much effort.
Despite the Democrats' portrayal of Trump as an authoritarian, Hitler-like figure, major corporations, including international ones, are making substantial contributions to the president-elects inauguration on Jan. 20. The Washington Times reported that Toyota's U.S. branch pledged to donate $1 million to the inauguration fund, following in the footsteps of Ford and General Motors, who each donated the same amount.
While Toyota's contribution will be monetary, GM and Ford will be donating vehicles. This is not surprising considering GM and Ford are American companies, unlike Toyota. The Washington Times also noted that these automakers expressed optimism for the incoming Trump administration.
The support for Trump's inauguration is not limited to automakers. Big Tech giants such as Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, and Sam Altman of OpenAI have all pledged $1 million donations to the inauguration fund. Zuckerberg, who has not traditionally been an ally to Trump or conservatives, praised Trump's resilience after an assassination attempt, calling it "one of the most badass things Ive ever seen in my life."
Margaret OMara, a Silicon Valley historian with the University of Washington, told NPR that these companies are expressing their support and hope for Trump's success. This raises the question: why would these companies support an authoritarian, Hitler-praising figure? The answer is simple: they knew Trump was none of these things, and so did the Democrats.
The Democrats' strategy to win the election was to portray Trump as a threat to democracy. When their own candidate proved to be mentally unfit to be elected in the general election during the first presidential debate, they undemocratically replaced him with his vice president. Democracy, it seems, is too important to be left to democratic methods.
Despite losing the general election, the fight continues. Two Ivy League-educated lawyers penned an opinion piece in The Hill urging Congress to declare Trump ineligible to take office due to the events of Jan. 6 and the 14th Amendment. The Democrats are attempting to incite their own insurrection, despite losing the election by a significant margin.
The only people who bought into the "Hitler" narrative were the Democratic Party diehards, those who get their news from CNN and "The View." The rest believed that retaining the White House was too important to trust to the facts, the Biden administration's poor record, or even the voters. The moment they realized their rhetoric was not working was, unfortunately for them, election night.
If the American public truly believed the authoritarian lie, no major corporation would align itself with the incoming Trump administration. Those millions of dollars in donations would be directed towards fighting it or supporting protest movements, as was the case during the summer of 2020.
However, these donations are being directed towards Trump's inauguration, an event that is already historic and is now being financially backed by major corporations, making it truly unforgettable. Tech and auto executives may be manipulative, but they are not foolish. They understand that the "Trump equals dictator" rhetoric was pure deceit.
And the millions of dollars in donations stand as proof of this fact.
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