General Discussion

As the Allies neared Paris he ordered Paris also be systematically destroyed. Fortunately for France and the world the Commandant of the city, Dietrich von Choltitz, refused to carry out the order and evacuated the majority of German troops from the city to prevent fighting. As the Allies closed in on Berlin Hitler ordered everything of any value remaining in Germany be destroyed. He said that because the German people were to weak to triumph in his war of conquest they should be left with nothing. To his credit, Minister of Armaments Albert Speer sabotaged his orders and prevented large scale destruction.

Two points here:

First, dictatorial monsters want to burn everything burned down before their demise. If they can't have it, no one else should have it.

Second, even in the worse tyrannical regime, men and women can stand up to the tyrant and stop their worst impulses.

It did require courage on the part of Speer and Choltitz to defy Hitler. So far, with only a few tiny examples, I fail to see any Republicans with the courage to prevent Trump from burning down the country. At this point in time, Republicans are the only people that can stop him.