It wasn’t casual, we meant it in the form of Trump becoming a despot, it’s yet to be proven that we’re wrong or right, but we’ll know in 0.2 to 4 years.
There are far better word choices that could have been made that would have gotten the point across without the hyperbolic language.
It's not hyperbolic if you believe it, and I do believe he told us exactly what he wanted to do in many different ways and acts. That's all I'll say here, I believe my own words, and from my perspective they weren't hyperbolic.
That's fine and you're entitled to your opinion, but using the word "Hitler" is going to be hyperbolic in all situations.