who worked at the trump organization, used to walk into trump's office, click his heels and say, heil hitlerssibly as a family joke. jonathan karl in his book about the trump administration shed some light on why trump embraces authoritarians, white nationalists and anti-semites. according to one account, chris christie, who was working with trump during his first campaign, urged him to disavow david duke's endorsement. since he was slow to do so. because, quote, those people vote, too. now i know people love to dismiss these concerns as trump di rangment syndrome of taking trump too seriously. really? really? remember barack obama or joe biden former staffers saying they dug hitler. and let's not forget trump's own running mate jd vance who famously said that trump just might be america's hitler. he's not wrong. joining me now is ruth been gee yat, history professor at new york university who writes about fascismauthoritarianism. and olivia troy. a member of republicans for harris. i do want to start with you, olivia. i just want to read to you from bob woodward's book "war." general milley

but just to be clear to radio listeners, there was on the golf course, the likes of heil hitler inscribed within the sand. there was f the jews inscribed within the sand, and swastikas inscribed within the sand. now in a statement, the sand. now in a statement, the golf club said this. they said in the early hours of friday 11th of october 2024, hendon golf club was the victim of race related vandalism . of race related vandalism. anti—semitic wording and symbols were drawn in a number of the bunkers. these have now been removed. the police and community security trust have been informed and the matter is now in their hands. now my question. my problem with this folks at home is that this would neven folks at home is that this would never, had i not been sent this, this would not have received any attention whatsoever, despite the fact that this person had tried to get it out there. if this had happened , and it was this had happened, and it was slogans that were against islamophobic in any way, this would have got coverage. i think when it comes to the jews , there when it comes to the j