“I was sure that Trump was going to get elected, the day he announced. “I said, ‘It’s going to be like Hitler, and the Mexicans are the new Jews.'”
-Linda Ronstadt
In a CNN interview, singer Linda Ronstadt compared President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, saying both used strategies to “find a common enemy for everybody to hate.”
Ronstadt also drew parallels between Trump and Hitler’s ascension to their respective offices, saying that because few spoke out against their behavior while they campaigned.
Linda Ronstadt is of both German and Mexican heritage. She has retired from singing and suffers from Parkinson’s disease.