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BY MAX GREENWOOD - 03/16/18 09:08 AM EDT
Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon says he is "fascinated" by former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
In an interview published Friday in the British magazine, The Spectator, Bannon praised the fascist strongman's "virility" and "fashion-sense," calling him a "guy's guy."
"He was clearly loved by women. He was a guys guy. He has all that virility," Bannon said. "He also had amazing fashion sense, right, that whole thing with the uniforms. Im fascinated by Mussolini."
Bannon, who is touring Europe, has faced accusations in the U.S. of promoting racist and fascist politics, though he has identified himself as a populist. He told The Spectator that "fascism" was a term used to smear populism. He also insisted that the two populism and fascism "are not even related."
"Populism, fascism who cares? Its a media smear of the populist movement," he said.
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salin
(48,955 posts)He did not exit as a beloved leader.
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)peggysue2
(10,839 posts)Well, that's mega-creepy, a curse from the grave edge. Or scaffold, I guess. Mussolini was hanged was he not?
Still, really creepy. And it's not a stretch to see the similarities.
brush
(53,843 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Too true. But jackasses like Trump and Bannon admire people like Mussolini, despot wanna-be's. The similarities come in some of Trump's posturing--jaw thrust out, the glowering pout, and then the crossed arm body hug. Makes him look constipated as far as I'm concerned but the Trumpster seems to be into these ridiculous poses.
The Imposter-in-Chief, all the way.
Stallion
(6,476 posts)brush
(53,843 posts)Mussolini just had better uniforms and matching hatsblue ones, black ones, shiny boots...all kinda colors, and that chin thrust to beat all chin thrustswhereas Hitler always wore that same drab, brown uniform and babbled on and on endlessly.
Who can blame them .
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Wonder if women love Bannon?!
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)johnp3907
(3,732 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)He said at one point, an elderly woman emerged from the crowd and screamed at Mussolini's body for taking the lives of her seven children.
"She cut him down to the ground," Stone said. "She jabbered something in Italian and shot Mussolini with her Beretta. She did the same thing, seven times, before throwing the gun down on him.
"She cried so hard," he said.
https://www.army.mil/article/124189/feeding_an_army_10th_mountain_vet_recalls_wwii_experiences_cooking_for_comrades
tanyev
(42,610 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)- end up the same way. Bannon must be on his last liver cell by now, what the hell is he doing touring around Europe? Does he really think he's relevant? I imagine he thinks that after Trump goes down he is going to rise up in his place or something.
IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Truly and thoroughly despicable
Mrs. Ted Nancy
(462 posts)Mussolini was executed.
Note: I am not advocating that Steve meet his demise in the same way il duce did.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Fuck off, Bannon!
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)unless you go for hanging upside down in public squares