In a new book the fascination for the Fuhrer: 'A tough guy' The former president confided to his collaborators on more than one occasion that he felt admiration for the fuhrer. The tycoon's passion for the dictator was also discussed last December when he had used an expression attributable to Nazi rhetoric to attack migrants.

In Trump's controversial pantheon, another place of honor is occupied by the leader of the Kremlin, to whom the former president recently essentially gave the green light for any aggression against other countries.