Does Donald Trump have far-right tendencies?

I keep getting accused of breaking Godwin's law but I can only call it as I see it. He recently re-tweeted stuff by Britain First, which is a far-right organisation. Trump is not Hitler, he just has common ground with some people who secretly like Hitler. That is OK though, right?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/29/trump-account-retweets-anti-muslim-videos-of-british-far-right-leader

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/britain-first-jayda-fransen-who-13231720?service=responsive

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RemovedUsername8862 · 26-30, M

I'd say that it's pretty obvious that Trump as president has far-right tendencies. The point that annoys me is that people seem to believe that such beliefs are somehow "illegitimate", which I think makes them sound foolish and gives Trump and fellow believers more legitimacy in their thoughts - after all, if they're being persecuted for their ideas, they must have grounding.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@RemovedUsername8862 Whether far right beliefs should be treated as illegitimate or not is another topic. My point is that people should 'own it'. If there is common ground between Trump and the European far-right (or even the US far-right a-la Charlottesville) then people should accept that and try to justify it. Instead, they angrily deny it and moan about 'triggered' people with their false accusations. Most of the accusations are true.

RemovedUsername8862 · 26-30, M

@Burnley123 I agree. If you can't publicly own up to your beliefs, your faith is weak. That said, I also think that it's wise to avoid harassment and death threats, so I'm torn.

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