* Speeches in stadiums filled with mesmerized, adoring audiences - Check
* An uninspiring background before meteoric rise - Check
* Seeks to replace God with the State - Check
* Creates his own new symbols of power - Check
* Associates with racists, hatemongers and violent radicals - Check
* Believes in redistributing the wealth - Check
* A propaganda machine willing to show him only in the best possible light - Check
* Uses, "glorious leader" style Agitprop posters common in totalitarian nations - Check (see German campaign poster for example)
* Wants Secret Police force - Check
* Somebody powerful people think they can control - Check
* Often dismissed as a light-weight by his opponents - Check
* Appropriates symbols of past German glory - Check
* Never plans on giving up power - Check (Obama to be president for the next “eight to 10 years”)
* People adopting his name as their own - Check
* A narcissistic megalomaniac - Check
* Brazenly takes credit for other people's accomplishments - Check
* Wants to build "youth" movement through Universal National State service - Check
* Acts as if in power before he is - Check
* Some followers believe him to be divine - Check
* Worshiped and aided greatly by the media - Check
* Inspires adoration art - Check
* Has his own salute - Check
* Using the power of the State to silence critics - Check
* Has thuggish supporters intimidating political opponents (New Black Panthers, for example) – Check
* Songs written to glorify him performed by children - Check
* Takes control of large companies and the economy as a whole - Check
* Attacks the very business leaders who supported his rise once in power - Check
* Whitewashing/removal of political opponents from history (e.g., deleting Bush’s Twitter updates)
Check. Check. Check... yep. He fits the bill.
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