Trumps inaugural address echoes anti-Semitic isolationists and a Batman villain
Trump’s inaugural address echoes anti-Semitic isolationists and a Batman villain
By Greg Hadley January 20, 2017 7:47 PM Modesto Bee
What do filmmaker Christopher Nolan and renowned pilot Charles Lindbergh have in common?
On Friday afternoon, versions of their words seemed to come from the mouth of President Donald Trump, delivering his inaugural address.
Within the first few lines of his speech Friday, Trump said his presidency was about “not merely transferring power from one administration to the other, but from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the people.”
That particular line stuck out to some people, particularly fans of the 2012 Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises,” written and directed by Nolan. In that film, Bane, the villain, is preparing to take over the fictional city of Gotham when he says: “We take Gotham from the corrupt! The rich! The oppressors of generations who have kept you down with myths of opportunity, and we give it back to you … the people.”
But while Trump’s movie quoting drew the most attention online, one of the main points in his speech seemed to reference a decades-old movement with anti-Semitic ties, calling back to earlier charges of discrimination against his campaign.
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