Donald Trump marveled at how “brilliantly” Hitler seized power during a 2000 visit to a Holocaust museumhttps://t.co/lMWhBkow8W

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) October 21, 2016

Dana Milbank, then of the New Republic:

As part of his California trip, Trump toured the Simon Wiesenthal Center, where he was led from one disturbing display to another: hate speech, Bosnia, Rwanda, the civil rights struggle, the Holocaust. But Trump seemed detached, focusing his attention on the presentation rather than the content. Shown a video of a racial confrontation, he remarked: “Good actors.” He spent an hour or so wandering around the exhibits, muttering “fabulous” and “unbelievable” and “brilliant execution” and “extraordinary” and “outstanding.” The mood was occasionally broken by Roger Stone’s telephone, which played the “Grande Valse” whenever there was a call.

After a guide asked the TV cameras to leave, Trump quickened his pace, galloping through the Warsaw Ghetto and the Holocaust in about three minutes. Rejoined by the cameras, Trump slowed down and was handed a guest book to sign. He paused thoughtfully, as if searching for the perfect sentiment, then scribbled two words in the book: “great work!” He underlined “great” three times and dotted his exclamation point with a loop.

Trump’s full quote, unclear if he’s talking about the Center’s presentation when he says brilliant quote. pic.twitter.com/GwOmSHXCZX

— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) October 21, 2016