[jonrick46]

De Niro does not understand the rise of fascism in Europe. It certainly had a strong appeal for people who had suffered a world war and the world-wide economic collapse. Check out this photo of 100,000s of people assembled at a mass rally for Italy's Mousolini chanting “Duce! Duce!” It would make a rally for Trump look like a church service:

We fought a World War to defeat Hitler.

Hitler vowed to help Benito Mussolini as his failing regime fell into collapse and war came to Italy’s doorstep. Mussolini became a German puppet, beholden to Hitler for his very life. As the Italian suffered massive defeats, he was instructed to go to a Red Cross ambulance. The rear door opened—to reveal a squad of police armed with submachine guns. At gunpoint, the now former Italian dictator was shoved inside. The ambulance drove off; its destination a secret, as was Mussolini’s assassination.

The Iran-Hamas fascists want a World War III.

[Verginius Rufus]

The early New Deal thought Mussolini had good ideas which they tried to imitate.