“Donald Trump is a fascist” sounds more like a campaign slogan than an analysis of his political program. But by and large, Trump does not blithely recommend military action and often lambastes his rivals for allegedly incompetent military adventurism. But this still leaves him well short of the standard of Mussolini’s blackshirts or Hitler’s brownshirts, who not only called for political violence but resorted to it extensively. Trump does not strut across stages like a Mussolini, and Nazi-style torchlit parades are out, but his rhetoric fits the fascist style well. But Trump does not do nuance.

Source: National Post October 21, 2016 21:00 UTC