Syphilis is a disease that’s influenced an awful lot of human history since its first association with us. If you follow the sheer number of likely infections which become apparent when you examine things surrounding the lives of key historical characters, an awful lot of “WTF were they thinking…?” starts to come clear; like a mouse infected with Toxoplasmosis Gondii, the humans suffering from syphilis go through a series of neurological changes that result in things that look a hell of a lot like what goes on with meth addicts–Obsessive-compulsive behaviors, mania, and extreme creativity. Hitler shows signs of a syphilis infection early in his Vienna years, and there’s even some evidence that the disease was acquired from a Jewish prostitute!

You can’t leave syphilis out of the picture, when looking at a lot of this history, and that’s what we’ve done.

Hitler and his half-brother were rejected from Austro-Hungarian military as both being tubercular. Having the symptoms of tuberculosis but not the illness itself? But months later Hitler accepted into the Bavarian regiment and off to war. Yes, strange.

Correct, and that is a lot of his appeal to a certain demographic. HE IS NOT a candidate [actor] reading a script that has been approved by someone else.

The story of Franz Halder is paradigmatic
when German army wanted to resist Hitler he won some diplomatic battle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Halder

I have been told by native German speakers that a part of Hitler’s success was his oratory. He could be spell-binding. This is not evident in newsreels of the time, because they always cut to the crescendo.

Of all the speakers I have heard, going back to Eisenhower, in terms of audience rapport, the best public speaker since the Kennedys is Trump. What is especially interesting about Trump is that he speaks more or less extemporaneously. The Kennedys had superb speech writers.

Trump-haters don’t get this, but then they refuse to listen. But anyone who watches any of his rallies must be struck by how he relates to and responds to the audience. It is truly extraordinary. If there is a person who could pull off a coup, it is Trump.