This is a long story, but stick with me.
Way back when I was in my last year of high school — this would have been 1989/90 — I made some observation about Germans, Nazis and the Second World War during a civics-type class. I can’t remember what I said, but it really upset one of the girls in the class.
Apparently her grandfather was German and lived through the Nazi era. She said something like “my grandfather wasn’t a Nazi! Most Germans were just supporting the German cause! That’s all it was! Just the German cause!”
Although I don’t remember exactly what she said, I remember that phrase — the German cause. I suppose it was something she grew up hearing.
I kept thinking about that when I would hear “make America great again.” I’m sure people who voted for Trump could claim they were only supporting the American cause.
