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A few points.

1. There's a clear continuity of goose-stepping in Russia from a time that long predates Putin.

2. We have goose-stepping in the United States, too, that long predates Trump, and will almost certainly outlast him. It doesn't look like weird one-handed salutes, it looks like a daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.



1. Yes, an influence from 19th century Prussia, notorious proto-fascist state.

2. You can argue for a lot of things metaphorically and perhaps even have a case, but that's not goose-stepping.




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