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Donald Trump is no Mussolini, but liberal democracy could still be in danger

  • Written by Kimber Quinney, Assistant Professor, History Department; Campus Coordinator for the American Democracy Project, California State University San Marcos

Observers continue to draw parallels between President-elect Donald Trump and the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. But the similarities – narcissism, opportunism, authoritarianism – coexist with sharp differences. One came from a working-class, socialistic background and saw himself as an intellectual and an ideologue. The...

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