Sunday morning a parody account for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump tweeted a well-known quote from fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, adding Trump signature slogan, #MakeAmericaGreatAgain:
“It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.” – @realDonaldTrump #MakeAmericaGreatAgain
— ilduce2016 (@ilduce2016) February 28, 2016
Then, Trump retweeted the quote, “It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep,” to his own followers:
“@ilduce2016: “It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.” – @realDonaldTrump #MakeAmericaGreatAgain“
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 28, 2016
Twitter user David Itzkoff retweeted the Mussolini quote, which was published in Time magazine August 2, 1943.
Donald Trump today, and Time Magazine, August 2, 1943. pic.twitter.com/4EK6crWQQM
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) February 28, 2016
Others who agreed with the comparison were quick to add their own Trump-Mussolini observations to the conversation:
.@realDonaldTrump @ilduce2016 Oh the irony… pic.twitter.com/Xio1WZCBVs
— Andrew Challand (@AndrewChalland) February 28, 2016
.@realDonaldTrump @ilduce2016 That is a quote from Benito Mussolini, the Italian Fascist dictator. The clue was “Il Duce” you clown!
— Bob Ward (@ret_ward) February 28, 2016
Why is @realDonaldTrump retweeting an account with the name @ilduce2016 who has a profile picture of Mussolini with a Trump wig? #fascist
— Kevin McKague (@KevinOfMI) February 28, 2016
…..
- Discussion
You must be logged in to reply to this topic.