This is absolutely what he is doing.

Even without this historical reference .... everyone understands what he meant.

History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

Only the negatives are not his fault. If it was a success he will take credit even if it was others are responsible and he did nothing or even impeded its success.

Trump is probably a legit narcissist. The difference is the intention and the changing inner reality to fit his narratives.

He's smart enough to message to his followers what he wants while evading the blame. Like a mafia boss.

This is pretty much every person who sat out the election and handed him the office. Again.

'it can't be my fault because I was given a choice between a genocidal maniac and a proven insurrectionist rapist!'

Its literally what the Nazis did to people like Hans Litten. As soon as they got to power abuse that power to torture and kill the people who tried to hold them accountable.

He's betrayed a lot of people who worked for him. Yet the bootlickers keep coming.

The thing about narcissists - especially ones who want political power - is that every single one believes they are special, different, and in control.

You could put them all in an auditorium and tell them, "Look to your left, look to your right, look in front of you, look behind you. All but one of you will be betrayed and thrown in jail by Trump," and every single one would uncritically think they are the 1 in 5 that will not. They all think they can manipulate Trump and each other better than the others.

Short term thinkers don't think like that. Power and money and all that, and then they figure they can beat the orange moron.

No, what he should really do is flee the US to the EU to tell his story. Write a book and go on tv. But never, ever come back.

depends. if it's a really good stinky juicy one, he might take responsibility for it with his should-be-patented smirky smile when the designated diaper changer approaches.