They did the same with Germany.
Coming from Trump, it's more of a "They can do it, so why can't we do it?" fascist whining. But West Germany remained a fascist enclave from the 1950s straight up until the 1980s. And fascists continue to riddle the police, the media, and the financial sectors to this day.
This makes the content of the evaluations irrelevant
It's a pot calling the kettle Nazi. But it isn't wrong.