The Hand of the Demagogue: An Interview with Hitler
His fingers have been compared to cocktail sausages. He has been called “a short-fingered vulgarian.” His rallies are marred by violence. He assures us that the size of his hands is not an issue nor is any other part of his body. He decries the decline of his country. His hair is orange.
But before this demagogue had built his first gold and glass building there was another more powerful one. He also dreamed of walls, and deportations, and trafficked in fear. His hands were called feminine. His hair was black, not orange. But his dreams became a reality…