Donald Trump shrugs off comparisons to Hitler

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shrugged off comparisons to Hitler on Tuesday after he called for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States."

Plan to bar Muslims from entering U.S. brings criticism, comparisons to Nazi leader

CBC News Posted: Dec 08, 2015 11:51 AM EST | Last Updated: December 8, 2015

Page one of Tuesday's Philadelphia Daily News featured Donald Trump waving to a crowd at a political rally and the headline 'The new furor.' (Philadelphia Daily News/Twitter )

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shrugged off comparisons to Hitler on Tuesday after he called for a"total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States."

In a phone interview with GeorgeStephanopouloson Good Morning America, Trump was characteristically blunt about such criticisms.

GS: "You're being increasingly compared to Hitler. Does that bother you?" Trump: "No."
—@AliABCNews

"No, what I'm doing is no different from FDR." - Donald Trump on comparisons to Hitler
—@GMA

Trump referredhere toFranklin Roosevelt's ordered internment of 100,000 Japanese-American civilians during the Second World War.

OnMSNBC, the subject of Japanese internment also came up.

Asked repeatedly, Donald Trump refuses to say if he thinks the internment of Japanese-Americans violated American values.
—@ddale8

The interviews on four major Americanmorning news shows came after Trump on Mondaycalled for the ban on Muslims entering the U.S. "until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on."

This prompted many comparisons to the Nazi leader Adolph Hilterin news media and social media.

One of the most blatant was the front page of the Philadelphia Daily News and its headline pun on Hitler'stitle "fuehrer."

Today's Daily News, 12/08/15 #DNFrontpage pic.twitter.com/MTxKv11oBd
—@PhillyDailyNews

A similar photo was used in the Times of Israel.

Times of Israel turns Trump into Hitler pic.twitter.com/YwddLoKG7N
—@justinjm1

And the newswebsite Mondoweisswent with this picture.

Trump proposal to ban Muslims from US relies on debunked poll from pro-Israel think tank https://t.co/YTJsIvyYpj pic.twitter.com/nKaU1jnG9a
—@Mondoweiss

Overnight, news editors went from We cant use that shot of Trump. He looks like Hitler to He looks like Hitler in that one. USE IT."
—@Ihnatko

There were manycolumnists, commentators and others comparingTrump to Hitler on Twitter.

I used to wonder how Adolph Hitler could come to power. We're seeing a modern blueprint in 2015 with Donald Trump.
—@ShaunKing

.@ShaunKing: @realDonaldTrump has gone full blown Nazi on us https://t.co/BPnZoJyggu pic.twitter.com/pVF1QAGna1
—@NYDailyNews

Can I see this in the original German? https://t.co/IBwPYxLdWx
—@hiltzikm

We are now at the point where it is reckless and irresponsible to not compare Trump to Hitler.
—@FrankConniff

Who said it: Donald Trump or Adolf Hitler? https://t.co/TeNQGqlsDO pic.twitter.com/14mift70xs
—@Telegraph

This isn't the first time that Trump has faced questions about his thoughts on Hitler's politics.

That time in 1990 when Donald Trump got awkward about whether he loves Hitlers speeches https://t.co/G1qjUfvQNZ pic.twitter.com/k2Dmzqq0Yd
—@Kia_Mak

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