Unhinged progressives are a gift to Trump

In 1931 , the slogan of the German Communist Party became: After Hitler , our turn’ This kind of wishful thinking is making a comeback in contemporary America .

Prominent Democrats and the progressive’ apparat of the Biden administration see the nomination of Donald Trump their version of Hitler as the best way to mobilise their shaky coalition.

This worked back in 2020 , when Trump ’s bungling of Covid-19, his chaotic management style and his consistently vile though clearly not fascist persona allowed Biden to gain the White House .

Pollsters suggest that the economy, cost of living, immigration and poor leadership are the biggest issues for voters.

It is likely the economy is driving generally pessimistic younger voters to Trump .

Instead of focussing on issues that actually matter to voters, Biden continues to pursue policies that are either deeply unpopular or relatively unimportant to average Americans .

The so-called progressives have become Trump ’s greatest weapon. Joel Kotkin is a spiked columnist, the presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University and executive director of the Urban Reform Institute . His latest book, The Coming of Neo-Feudalism , is out now. Follow him on Twitter : @joelkotkin Picture by: Getty. To enquire about republishing spiked’s content, a right to reply or to request a correction, please contact the managing editor, Viv Regan ..