Adding his own commentary, Kennedy then made a direct comparison between Trump and the murderous German dictator, saying: “You know, he’s not like Hitler.”
“Hitler had like a plan, you know, Hitler was interested in policy,” Kennedy added. “I don’t think Trump has any of that. He’s like non compos mentis. He’ll get in there and who knows what will happen.”
Later, in December 2016, Kennedy again likened Trump’s political strategy to Hitler’s— but this time added a number of other reviled historical figures into the comparison, including Francisco Franco, Benito Mussolini, Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and George Wallace.
“You can see that every statement that Donald Trump makes is fear-based,” Kennedy said, as Trump prepared to enter the White House. “Every statement he makes. You know, we have to be fear of the Muslims. We have to be fear of the Black people, and particularly the big Black guy Obama, who’s destroying this country, who’s making everybody miserable.