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As somebody who was in middle school when 9/11 happened and was terrified then, and is terrified now, let me tell you why it's different this time.
W was a warmonger and a figurehead for Cheney from a family of career politicians, but he was a politician and was limited in what he could do by things like the Supreme Court. Trump is none of those and has no checks or balances. He's a failed businessman who has bankrupted every company he's ever owned (except for the real estate empire he inherited from his father) who has no idea what the laws are, nor does he care. He doesn't know what it takes to run a country, and he sure as hell won't put anybody who does into a position of power. Those are reserved for his sycophants.
He's a self-styled Mussolini who "wants generals like Hitler had," keeps Hitler's speeches next to his bed to read before falling asleep (according to one of his ex wives in the book she wrote in the 90s), and has both made loyalty to him the number one priority for the people in his party as well as said party having stacked all positions of power with his supporters. The Supreme Court has said that he cannot be held accountable for any crimes committed as President, and he has talked about imprisoning his political opponents.
W was a continuation of Reagan politicians. Trump is a fascist who talks the same way that Jim Jones did while praising people like Putin and Kim Jong Un and has already attempted a violent coup without any real repercussions. The Republicans of Bush's era have been labeled as cowards, traitors, and communists by Trump's party.
The only things today's Republican care about are gaining and keeping power and hurting anybody their bigoted egos demand.