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Trump Speaks Of 'Global Elite' Conspiracy, Echoing Mid-20th-Century Fascist Rhetoric

Trump’s odds of winning the White House are slim, so he’s trying to turn away as many voters from Clinton as possible. His most recent approach sounds eerily similar to rhetoric used against the Jews in mid-century Europe. Trump said that Clinton was involved in guiding a “global power structure,” set on the destruction of the U.S. working class.

“Whether intentionally or not, Donald Trump is evoking classic anti-Semitic themes that have historically been used against Jews and still reverberate today,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, who heads the Anti-Defamation League.

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