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Director James Gunn ended 2017 by saying he didn’t care if insulting President Donald Trump might lose him fans.

“In my years on social networking I have never spoken out politically,” Gun tweeted. “But we’re in a national crisis with an incompetent President forging a full-blown attack on facts and journalism in the style of Hitler and Putin.”

The man behind the “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise just doubled down on his vow. How? By joining the ranks of Sarah Silverman, Louis C.K. and Tom Green who previously compared Trump to Hitler.

Here’s the Tweet Gunn shared to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day Saturday. He followed it up with seven more messages hammering home the Trump/Hitler meme.

Note: He pinned the first Tweet in the series. That means anyone who visits his Twitter page will find that message at the top.

#HolocaustMemorialDay Today we remember all those who lost their lives at the hands of brutality. The seeds that Trump is planting today are the same seeds Hitler planted long before he began murdering innocent people. I am not saying Trump and Hitler are the same. THREAD — James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 27, 2018

Here’s the first message in the thread, following by seven follow-up Tweets.

2 But I am saying their tactics in their first years of power ARE. Hitler continuously discredited facts by saying “lügenpresse” (lying press) just as Trump continuously discredits facts by saying “fake news.” Neither has ever taken responsibility for his own lies or mistakes. — James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 27, 2018

2 But I am saying their tactics in their first years of power ARE. Hitler continuously discredited facts by saying “lügenpresse” (lying press) just as Trump continuously discredits facts by saying “fake news.” Neither has ever taken responsibility for his own lies or mistakes. — James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 27, 2018

3 I am not alone in this belief: the Anne Frank Centre has pointed out that there are “‘alarming parallels’ between Trump’s America and Hitler’s Germany.” They list the following similarities: — James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 27, 2018

4 Both Trump and Hitler have endorsed police brutality, demonized religious & ethnic minorities, expressed belief congress should change its rules to give them more power, and exploited youth at rallies, in addition to having discredited the media and facts. — James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 27, 2018

5 I’ll add: both Trump and Hitler use their “autobiographies” to tout their expertise, and their policies are rarely specific and almost always general proclamations of “we’re gonna make things amazing!” — James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 27, 2018

6 I do not want to use the deaths of innocent people in the Holocaust for political purposes. But I also think if any of those people saw what was happening today, the behavior would be considered familiar at the very least. — James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 27, 2018

7 And, of course, there are DIFFERENCES between America now & Germany then. We’re an older country and democracy is more deeply entrenched. We aren’t recovering from wartime trauma. And Hitler’s popularity rose whereas Trump’s has diminished since he took power. So there is HOPE. — James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 27, 2018

8 As Anne Frank wrote, ‘What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again.” Stand up for love. Stand up for justice. Stand up for facts. Don’t ignore history. Love to you all and love to those whose lives and love we lost. #HolocaustMemorialDay — James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 27, 2018

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Earlier this month, Gunn offered $100,000 to President Trump’s favorite charity if the world leader stepped on the scale … again. The admitted “girther” thinks Dr. Ronny Jackson lied about Trump’s real weight. Here’s CNN on Dr. Jackson:

He was tapped to be a physician for the White House during former President George W. Bush’s tenure in 2006, while Jackson was deployed in Iraq, according to his Navy biography … Barack Obama appointed Jackson as his own presidential physician, a role that has continued under Trump.

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