Seth Meyers Reveals 'The 1 Thing' Trump Has Admired His 'Entire Life'

Seth Meyers broke down Donald Trump s admiration for dictators following the former presidents defense of his anti-immigrant poisoning the blood rant in remarks that have been condemned as echoing the rhetoric of Adolf Hitler.

The Late Night host, on Thursday, took a closer look at the former presidents past after he went to bat for the comments and claimed hes never read Mein Kampf .

Meyers pointed to a 1990 interview with Playboy magazine where Trump praised Chinas massacre of pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square.

When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength, said Trump in an interview recently cited by CNN s Christiane Amanpour.

That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak.

Meyers noted that Trump has changed his opinions on almost everything since the Playboy interview.

He used to be pro-choice , now hes anti-abortion. He used to be for gun control, now hes against it. But the one thing hes been consistent on his entire life is his support for dictators, Meyers said.

The host later tossed to a clip of Trump approvingly quoting Russian President Vladimir Putin criticizing American democracy before taking aim at the former presidents recent claims that he hasnt read Mein Kampf.

First of all, if youre echoing Hitler, it doesnt really matter whether youre ripping him off or you got there on your own youre still echoing Hitler, said Meyers, before pointing to an instance where Trump reportedly praised the Nazi leader while he was president.

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