I do not know if I would call it retarded... But opinion pieces are usually written in a way to tear someone down vs. uplifting a person and motivating the person that reads it. I usually do not see intellectual conversations stem from them and that is because they stir up emotion and often offer no value...

They are often used to bring about the authors point of view with bias and yours has done that... It offers no critical thought that would spark an interesting debate. It was actually in the comments section that created it for me... See, anyone with a computer, and an emotional point of view can compare two historic people and vilify them. Doesn't make it right, but it is fairly easy.

For example... Anyone with a computer and a search engine with one keyword could produce some content like this:

Obama vs Hugo Chavez... Can You Tell The difference?

The story of Hugo Chavez is one that parallels Barack Hussein Obama’s disastrous but popular rule over the American people. Obama, too, ran as a candidate of the people. Obama, too, announced his intention to “fundamentally transform” the United States.

Both Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez Support Fellow Communist Thugs – Honduran Dictator Manuel Zelaya and the Communist Cuban Castro Brothers

How about their assault on critics?
Chávez publicly called for the imprisonment of a judge for 30 years after she granted conditional liberty to a prominent government critic who had spent almost three years in prison awaiting trial, according to Human Rights Watch. The judge, María Lourdes Afiuni, was arrested and spent more than a year in prison in pretrial detention, in deplorable conditions. She’s still under house arrest.

Obama’s Justice Department raided Sheriff Joe’s Arizona office in July 2014. Sheriff Joe has been outspoken about Obama including holding a press conference to announce the birth certificate provided by Obama to the public was a computer generated forgery. Obama’s IRS targeted Tea Party and other groups critical of Obama. Obama's Homeland Security also classified veterans returning from overseas as a possible terrorist threat? His Justice Department would not rule out the use of Drones on American soil on Americans without DUE PROCESS that is afforded them by the constitution.

Now, these are just small comparisons, but when written with a bit more thought and then placed in an opinion article could be shown as comparisons... You could also even add in that ACA "Obama Care" has socialized a significant amount of the US economy. I believe Chavez socialized much of the economy too.

To finish up, your article compares style of two people and then goes on to quote what the original writer thinks COULD HAPPEN based on these two peoples style... At least in the examples I shown from Obama... They actually have happened and are fact... Your article is full of conjecture and attempts to change an opinion based on nothing but a WHAT IF...

Plus, there is always the chance you will run into someone that may be able to see past the conjecture and see no comparison... Hugo Chavez nationalized much of the countries economy and media, ignored human rights, and often defended countries like North Korea, Iran, and Syria when UN resolutions condemned these countries for their abusiveness to its people. None of this fits into the mold of Trump. Not even close...

So what is the purpose of the article? You are from Venezuela right? You should be able to see past the conjecture too... Or, you just see an opportunity to tear someone down because you don't like them??? See, your post is based on nothing but mere opinion, you try to give it credibility because of who originally wrote it, offer no context, and then try and pass it off as valuable writing? It would have been better if it was written in a way that was entertaining... I found nothing entertaining here... @limitless is entertaining and more!!! Go read some of those articles...