Learn more

Although it’s not yet gone hugely viral, there’s a meme of Benito Mussolini harvesting grain in the 1930s as a historical example of Donald Trump’s modern “common man” (or should I say “woman”) propaganda at a closed McDonald’s. The Mussolini photo is often paired with one of Trump. The act is historically accurate. Today’s image of Mussolini is probably not real based on contemporaneous imagery. Note the differences in the sunglasses and cap above. Bausch and Lomb did not sell aviator glasses to U.S. civilians until 1937. However, unlike Trump’s performance in a closed McDonald’s, Mussolini w…

cuu