It's a very good quote. It's a very interesting quote...What difference does it make, whether it's Mussolini or somebody else?
“It’s OK to know it was Mussolini, Mussolini is Mussolini,” Trump said when questioned about the quote. “It’s a very good quote. It’s a very interesting quote...What difference does it make, whether it’s Mussolini or somebody else? It’s certainly a very interesting quote.”
The interviewer pressed on, interrogating whether Trump wanted to associated “with a fascist.”
“No,” Trump said. “I want to be associated with interesting quotes...You know, I have almost 14 million followers between Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. We do interesting things, and I sent it out, and certainly it got your attention didn’t it?”