Donald Trump’s second White House chief of staff tried to stop him praising Adolf Hitler in part by trying to convince the then president Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist dictator, was “a great guy in comparison”.

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    109 months ago

    I mean it’s easy to be a great guy in comparison when you lower the bar to the depths of hell.

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        79 months ago

        He was the best decoration a gas station has ever had

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          9 months ago

          All of his blood really did brighten up that piazza! I believe his lower intestine added a lot of character to a nearby frieze depicting Caesar crossing the Rubicon. I wonder if he would have appreciated the irony…

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      19 months ago

      Yeah this is one of those rare cases where “Mussolini was a great guy in comparison” is actually an accurate statement