Bon Giorono

I just read an article about the man-on-the-street reaction around Italy to Trump/  The bulk of the story is that most people talked to thought he was "molto pazzo" -- very crazy. With some adding "dangerous."  But there was one voice of support they quoted, and it stood out to me.

“He is a strong man,” Frederico Placidi, a 42-year-old shopowner said of Trump. “It would be nice to have someone like him in Italy, I think."

And all I could think was -- you did. Mussolini.

Actually, I thought of two things.  The other was George Santayana's famous quote -- "“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.