1930s redux? Trump raises spectre of return to dark days

European territory annexed, democracies stunned into paralysis and Nazi salutes -- Donald Trump's shock re-engagement with Russia looms over a geopolitical landscape that, for many, has dangerous parallels with the rise of fascism and the West's feeble response in the 1930s. Even before a suspected Nazi salute by Trump's new billionaire advisor Elon Musk, the president's firm term had already sparked intense debate over a fascist nature of his power.