New York Times
By Maggie Haberman
February 28, 2016
Donald
J. Trump on Sunday morning used his Twitter feed to post a quote
attributed to Benito Mussolini, the founder of the fascist movement,
from a parody account. The
tweet compared the Italian dictator to Mr. Trump, the Republican
front-runner for the presidential nomination.
The tweet was posted by Mr. Trump’s account at 6:13 a.m.
The
@ilduce2016 feed is a parody account, with a profile picture that is a
composite of Mr. Trump’s hair and Mussolini’s face. “Il Duce” was how
Mussolini was known by
Italians.
Some
conservative critics of Mr. Trump’s rhetoric about use of power, both
in the United States and abroad, have suggested that his declarations
fall along the lines of
fascist oratory.
Mr.
Trump is an avid Twitter user, and he often goes on posting sprees in
the middle of the night or early in the morning. At times, his retweets
have been questionable,
including posts from accounts associated with white nationalists.
The website Gawker claimed credit for creating the parody account about Il Duce (which translates to “the leader” in Italian.)
Mr.
Trump, in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said he was unaware
that it had been a quote from Mussolini. But he didn’t seem to care.
“It’s
a very good quote,” said Mr. Trump. “I didn’t know who said it, but
what difference does it make if it was Mussolini or somebody else — it’s
a very good quote.”
Asked
whether he wanted to be associated with Mr. Mussolini, Mr. Trump
replied, ‘No, I want to be associated with interesting quotes.” And he
added, “Hey, it got your
attention, didn’t it?”
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