Trump is accused of “mimicking” the infamous Nazi rally with the event at Madison Square Garden

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Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville claimed that Donald Trump's upcoming rally at Madison Square Garden is mimicking a pro-Hitler Nazi event that took place at the venue more than 80 years ago.

With just 22 days left until Americans go to the polls to cast their votes, the 79-year-old appeared on Sunday's episode of MSNBC Inside with Jen Psaki.

Carville claimed that Trump's explosive language was reminiscent of Third Reich rhetoric as he urged the Harris campaign to switch its attack lines from “weird” to downright “scary.”

“When I said that, I didn't realize that he was actually going to go on TV and say, 'I'm going to use the military to round up my political enemies,'” Carville said.

“When I said that, I didn’t know that he was going to organize a rally at Madison Square Garden to replicate the Nazi rally of February 10, 1939.”

Carville apparently drew a comparison between Trump's recently announced rally at Madison Square Garden on October 27 and a 20,000-person Nazi rally organized by the German-American Bund that took place at that venue on February 20 (not 10), 1939.

The pro-Hitler organization erected a giant portrait of the first US president, George Washington, with swastikas on either side, before the group's secretary declared: “If George Washington were alive today, he would be friends with Adolf Hitler.”

Carville also warned that Trump had been explicit about the “fascist regime” he wanted to establish.

“How about we take a look at American history and see what can happen here? And they tell you we're not making this up. It's not like we can be fact-checked by anyone. They promised a military crackdown,” he told Psaki.

“They promised that the gates of hell would rule over the enemies. The Supreme Court has given the green light. They were asked the question of whether a Navy Seal is ordered to assassinate a political enemy – there is nothing wrong with that. It's just part of his job. They tell you they do all this. Please consider them now. They tell you.”

During an interview on Fox News Sunday morning futuresTrump suggested deploying the National Guard or other military personnel on Election Day to contain “radical left-wing lunatics.”

Asked whether Trump expected chaos at the ballot box, he replied: “That should be handled by the National Guard if necessary or by the military if it's really necessary, because they can't let that happen.”

Carville's comments come just days after New York State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal called on Madison Square Garden to cancel Trump's event.

“Allowing Trump to hold an event at MSG amounts to the infamous Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden on February 20, 1939,” he wrote on X.

“For the good of NYC and its residents, I call on @TheGarden to protect our city by canceling the Trump rally.”