A high school AP American Government textbook has placed President Donald Trump close to Adolf Hitler on an authoritarian scale, prompting widespread discussion and social media outrage. The political compass exercise, which charts public figures on axes of economic ideology and authoritarianism, was intended as a classroom tool for students to analyse political ideologies but has become a flashpoint for criticism among conservative observers.
Karol Markowicz, a columnist for The New York Post and Fox News, posted images of the textbook on social media, highlighting Trump's position on the chart. On the Y-axis representing authoritarianism, Trump is shown near the top, while on the X-axis measuring economic stance, he is far-right but slightly below Hitler. Other figures placed on the compass include Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Joseph Stalin, former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
