Donald Trump has been likened to the historical far-right as his campaign is backed by neo-Nazi fascists, in the wake of remarks calling for all Muslim immigration to be banned.
The Tuesday edition of the Philadelphia Daily News, a tabloid with a circulation of around 100,000, ran with the front page: “The new furor”.
The front was quickly picked up by social activists and political writers, who have voiced their despair over Trump's latest remarks.
The Republican presidential hopeful had received the endorsement of neo-Nazi and white supremacist website The Daily Stormer in June, but a recent article published on the website praised the controversial candidate: “Heil Donald Trump – THE ULTIMATE SAVIOR.”
Editor Andrew Anglin questioned why Muslims were “ever allowed in in the first place? What an insane, stupid concept.”
The website has been categorised as the leading hate online platform by the Southern Poverty Law Centre, an independent US organisation specialising in civil rights.
It follows a Trump statement in which he called for the banning of all Muslim immigration.
Meanwhile, on the message boards of website Stormfront – “a community of racial realists and idealists” according to its promotional message – members celebrated Trump.
“He is the only one talking sense, I have to admit it. I agree with him 100 per cent on this,” wrote Celticlady6.
User “Tenniel” wrote Trump’s “intelligent, common sense recommendations” about Islam stood in comparison to the “idiocy” spouted by other candidates.
