Probably because he can't help talking about the guy at every opportunity and because he always mentions him in a way that is either ambiguous or subtly supportive.
Mein Kampf is a must read for everybody. It’s a playbook for the socialists.
Not only is the book horribly written, utterly tedious, lacking in any intellectual merit, and twenty times longer than it needed to be for its purpose - it is not a "playbook."
It contains almost zero in the context of a practical program and almost no social or economic analysis.
It's one long, formless rant by a pedestrian mind.
A race (more narrowly meaning “nation” in those days) does not deserve to exist if it won’t fight to defend itself.
Rasse does not mean Nation or even Volk - it meant biological race in 1920s German as it does in 2010s German.
There is no real insight to be gained from this book, other than observing the talismanic effect a valueless screed can have on the likeminded.
Ah, but consider who is in the White House, and how many voted for him. Understanding that "talismanic effect a valueless screed can have on the likeminded" is utterly crucial for a free people to stay free.
Just because something is revolting, doesn't mean it doesn't need to be studied carefully and understood thoroughly. In fact, a premise could be entertained that the more revolting the subject, the more crucial it is to completely comprehend it, as it's very horror demands it never be able to manifest unawares.
Consider the control of sewage.
Controlling collectivism is the same idea.
You don't want to screw up either one, or you end up covered in sh!t, disease and death.
“it is not a ‘playbook’”
That’s an odd thing to say, considering how closely he followed it once in power.