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- Former President Donald Trump was criticized for parroting rhetoric Adolf Hitler once used.
- So the once-again presidential candidate insisted he had no idea Hitler had said something similar.
- But Trump has often claimed ignorance when trying to distance himself from uncomfortable storylines.
Facing criticism for repeatedly harnessing rhetoric once used by Adolf Hitler to argue that immigrants entering the US illegally are "poisoning the blood of our country," Trump insisted he had no idea that one of the world's most reviled and infamous figures once used similar words.