For historical parallels to Trump, look to Mussolini: historian
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Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian, tells Rachel Maddow that while there is nothing in U.S. history that matches Donald Trump's attacks on the integrity of the approaching election, Italian history might be more informative.Sept. 25, 2020
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