Donald Trump retweeted an infamous quote from Italian fascist Benito Mussolini Sunday morning and later defended his decision saying it was an “interesting” snippet. “@ilduce2016: ‘It is ...

Donald Trump tweeted a quote from Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini early Sunday morning, and defended the action on NBC's Meet the Press. The tweet was actually a re-tweet from "Il Duce 2016," ...

Donald Trump said Sunday that he didn't see anything wrong with quoting Italian fascist Benito Mussolini so "people can talk about it." "It's certainly a very interesting quote," Trump said on NBC ...

Benito Mussolini — Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) February 24, 2019. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pounced (along with a lot of other people): ... The quote from Mussolini is garbage.

Donald Trump has been coming under fire for retweeting a quote from Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini on Twitter--and it turns out the whole thing was an elaborate setup by Gawker.