And yet it was FDR that was copying the policies of Benito Mussolini.
And yet it was LBJ that was copying the policies of Adolph Hitler.
Bingo! FDR entire Presidency was a Fascistic response to the economic disaster that all of his machinations of govt. paid to lean on a shovel patronage jobs could not correct.
The very definition of fascism— and there is such a thing as Leftist Fascism. Mark Levin, among others has talked about this extensively. It is why, for example, the shock troops of the Leftists/socialists, who bill themselves as the Anti-FA as anti-fascists, are, in reality Leftist Fascists who would and do find easy affiliation with Communists (and the ocasio cortez Sandinista Leftist commies who are pushing the dems right off the ledge).
FDR called Mussolini “that admirable Italian gentleman”. He also said that he was impressed by what Mussolini has accomplished in Italy.