This part really stuck out to me
Even these people see what Trump is about. But when you tell other people this, they think you're fear mongering and don't want to believe it. These people on the other hand got the memo.
Ahrens said he held ambitions to seek political office himself. “My vision is actually to one day run in Germany, in a Trump-like fashion. It hasn’t been done for 100 years. To run a populist movement centred around a person.”
Even these people see what Trump is about. But when you tell other people this, they think you're fear mongering and don't want to believe it. These people on the other hand got the memo.