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On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly parroted propaganda used in Nazi Germany when pledging to “root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical-left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country.”

He was beaten up in a park for intervening in a racist incident and had to run for his "dear life" through the city centre, chased by thugs.

Trump has also fantasized about his own version of “the Purge” where his police and other right-wing street thugs can run amok, killing and brutalizing “the enemy” at will.

Asked by reporters whether he agreed with Eagle's remarks, Sir Keir dodged the question, replying that responsibility for this summer's riots, which had been fuelled by far-right sentiment, lay with "thugs".

White racist street thugs have also been seen marching in the streets of Springfield.