Shades of Mussolini: How Trump Has Poisoned U.S. Politics

The populist mess that former premier Berlusconi left behind in Italy, pandering to paranoia and targeting the weak, shows us that Trump's only the start of a nastier American politics.

Ariel David

Mar 20, 2016 7:29 PM

Donald Trump has recently been compared to many more or less nefarious leaders of the past – from

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