CNN’s Stelter Offers No Pushback as Brinkley Loses Mind, Links Trump to Franco and Mussolini

Curtis Houck | July 31, 2017
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On Sunday’s Reliable Sources, CNN host Brian Stelter offered zero pushback on CNN presidential historian Douglas Brinkley’s latest unhinged tirade in which he compared President Trump to 20th century dictators Francisco Franco of Spain and Benito Mussolini of Italy.

Brinkley also ripped Trump as overseeing a White House in “utter disarray” and gave The Resistance something to cheer for as he added that Trump’s “unfit for command.” That drew a brief interjection from Stelter, who only asked him to clarify (to which Brinkley doubled down).

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