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Is Trump actually a fascist – and why does the answer matter?

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Experts and academics say Donald Trump's campaign and Republican party have clear autocratic sympathies and political qualities that are firmly in line with fascism movements historically.

Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley says Trump is an obvious example of a fascist social and political movement about to take power.

Stanley 's new book Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future looks at the global playbook of fascists through the lens of America and beyond.

Heidi Beirich , the co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE ), has for decades been a mainstay critic, analyst and academic authority on the American far right.

She fears the current political climate is veering towards fascism.

The far right is in a more powerful position today than it has been in decades , she said.