“I have known who Trump is for a long time because I am a big fan of wrestling,” said Musetti, referring to Trump’s links to the WWE. “Then, when I watched his rise to power, I saw in him the leader that we in Italy haven’t had for years.”
The 31-year-old said “Trump” was an obvious name for his new party because he sees the president as the heir to Italy’s last strong conservative leader — Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire who was elected prime minister four times before being ousted in 2011.
“They are very similar,” said Musetti, who is also the leader of the right-wing “Gioventu’ italiana” youth movement.
“They are both successful businessmen who gave up a comfortable life to get into politics at the service of the people,” he added. “And they are both attacked by the media and the judiciary, who don’t like their politically incorrect way of doing things.”
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