Hitler’s Moscow to Trump’s Minneapolis: When power meets resistance

Minneapolis has become a defining moment in Trump’s presidency as federal power faces organized resistance, writes Dr Norm Sanders.

IN EARLY DECEMBER 1941, HitlerAfter crossing most of Europe, ‘s army came within 20 kilometers of Moscow city limits. German troops come in Operation Barbarossa He could see the towers of the Kremlin.

However, the German army was unprepared for the severe Russian winter and faced increasingly tough Soviet resistance. The Germans were forced to begin a bloody retreat that marked the beginning of the end of the Nazi regime.

US President in early December 2025 Donald Trump‘s army advanced towards snowy Minneapolis. Like Hitler, Trump thought his forces would soon capture the city. He didn’t trust the citizens of Minnesota to fight back.

There were huge protests in the streets. Neighborhoods were organized into units to alert Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) patrol their territory. When icing occurred anywhere in the city, citizens walked around the streets whistling to raise the alarm.

Renee Good was one of the concerned Minneapolis citizens. She was a mother of three children who loved singing and writing poetry. Good had just dropped her child off at school and was stopped by ICE officers. He tried to drive away but was shot in the face and killed by ICE officer Johnathon Ross.

Trump’s minions took to the media. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem He said Good was at fault for his own death. claims he was busy “Domestic terrorism”.

Large-scale protests immediately took place. A few days later, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara At 9:03 a.m. local time on Saturday, police received a call about a shooting involving federal enforcement officers, police said.

PBS News reported:

Man, later identified as Alex Jeffrey PrettiO’Hara said the suspect is believed to be a “legal gun owner” with a firearms licence. He added that Pretti’s only known interaction with law enforcement was for traffic tickets.

Videos taken by other civilians show the events leading up to Pretti’s fatal encounter with federal agents. He was first seen filming the scene on the street. There are whistles from nearby protesters. An agent pushes a protester wearing a red backpack to the ground and is seen spraying chemicals in people’s faces. Using one hand to protect herself from the spray and holding her phone with the other, Pretti steps into action to help a woman who is also affected.

More agents approach and pull Pretti back. A fight breaks out as Pretti resists the agents who cornered him and shot him multiple times. At one point, at least one agent was heard saying Pretti had a gun. Shortly after, an officer appears to remove the gun from Pretti’s holster. An agent fires a single shot before several more steal.

Another agent soon began shooting to join the main shooter. They fired a total of 10 bullets into the back of Pretti, who was lying face down on the street.

Alex’s parents, Susan and Michael Pretti, first learned of their son’s death from an Associated Press reporter. The couple living in Colorado published a statement Saying that their sons are one “a kind-hearted soul who cares deeply about his family and friends.”. The 37-year-old Minneapolis resident was working as a critical care nurse at a Veterans Administration hospital in the city.

“Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.” The declaration was read.

Pretti was born in Illinois and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin; There he worked as a scout, played football and baseball in high school, and sang in a boys’ choir. He was also an outdoorsman who took his recently deceased dog, Joule, wherever he went. his mother told the AP..

Trump World, predictably, tried to turn this sordid affair to its own advantage. But Pretti was a problem for them. How can they portray a high school athlete, a choir boy, and a dog lover as terrorists? Undaunted, they rose to the challenge.

In the first statement of the Ministry of Internal Security regarding the incident, the Deputy Undersecretary for Public Relations Tricia McLaughlin He said federal officers tried to disarm the man. An agent who fears for his own life and the lives of other officers, “made defensive shots”.

The man had two magazines but no ID, McLaughlin in questionsuggesting “This sounds like a situation where an individual wants to inflict maximum damage and decimate law enforcement.”.

DHS boss with a subordinate shouldn’t be left behind by Noem I called Pretti A. “domestic terrorist”adds:

“[Pretti] “He had a gun on him and dozens of bullets, swinging around like that, wanting to hurt these officers.”

Trump himself was more measured. HE stated this one “A very unfortunate incident” And “terrible”he also criticizes Pretti for being armed. This was a very unfortunate statement for Trump. This spurred the far-right National Rifle Association into action (NRA) with publicly criticize President for the first time in history.

The NRA had spent millions in campaign donations, including donations to Trump, to protect the unrestricted right to carry firearms in America. Here the President of the United States was implying that Pretti was a terrorist because he was carrying a gun. The MAGA base was crumbling.

Meanwhile, a severe storm was battering the Eastern United States. Snow was piling up and blocking the roads. Millions of snow-covered Americans were watching television to keep themselves entertained. What they saw were videos of federal agents killing Alex Pretti. There was no way the Trump regime could get away with this.

The two federal agents who fired their weapons during the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti have been placed on administrative leave, but have not been arrested for murder, Tricia McLaughlin announced.

The officers’ actions drew widespread criticism from the law enforcement community. People were extremely critical; them annoyed. Trump’s base, the libertarians and staunch conservatives, were speaking out. Sports stars and cat lovers aired their disgust online.

Trump’s world was at odds with America’s core beliefs. First of all, in a country where there are more weapons than people, there are laws and rules. It is illegal to shoot any part of a person’s body. However, in public opinion, shooting someone in the back is seen as cowardice. Shooting someone like Renée Good in the face is considered not only cowardly, but also extremely cruel.

There was an immediate and nationwide response to the attacks. One of the most important reactions occurred in California. The state of California and its largest county, Los Angeles, has banned law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings, causing local and state police to clash with masked immigration officers.

State Law “It gives law enforcement an option: If they cover their faces, they lose their ability to make claims.”qualified immunity” doctrine protects officers from individual liability for his actions. This means they can be sued for assault, battery, false imprisonment, false arrest, or malicious prosecution. The law adds a clause stating that the minimum penalty for committing these crimes while wearing a mask is $10,000.

The protests continue and continue to grow day by day. Third “There is no kingNationwide protests are planned for March 28. Ezra Levinco-founder IndivisibleOne of the groups coordinating No Kings said he expected this to happen. “The largest protest in American history”. He noted that the first line of the introduction reads: US Constitution like that ‘We the People’.

The people of Minneapolis are not only protesting in the streets, they are also taking action by going on strike. Citywide strikes are not an everyday occurrence in the United States; To find an example of the Minneapolis strike, you have to go back almost a century, to the 1940s. But this happened on January 23. School teachers and airport workers left the hall. Government offices and call centers were effectively closed. While their employees demonstrated in the streets, workplaces and public institutions closed across the city.

The murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti hit the musician hard Bruce Springsteen composed by him ‘Streets of Minneapolis‘ A few days after the murders. Springsteen is often described as one of the greatest American singers, songwriters and rock artists of all time.

Some lines of the song are as follows:

A city in flames fought fire and ice

‘Under the boots of an invader,

King Trump’s private army from DHS,

The guns were hanging on their coats.

Moreover:

And there were bloody footprints

Where mercy should stand,

and the two were left to die in the snow-filled streets,

Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

‘Streets of Minneapolis’ It received 5 million views on YouTube in the first 48 hours of its release.

Trump was injured. His ego has taken a hit, and his grip on Republican politicians is weakening. He’s lost control of the narrative, but he still has big cards to play. In his never-ending effort to keep his lid open Epstein’s involvementNow he is massing his “Armada”, as he calls it, in the Mediterranean to attack Iran.

Despite his wild and increasingly insane actions, Trump will never escape what he fears most: a place in history where he is judged to be the worst president the United States has ever had.

Hitler had Moscow. Trump had Minneapolis.