By default most people will automatically associate Fascism with Hitler's Nazism even though Nazism (under Hitler) was not true Fascism. Since that is the typical inference that's what I was addressing.
Actually "fascism" itself is Italian, etymologically. I'm afraid "by default most people will associate" is not an argument, if he didn't make that direct comparison, which he didn't. We cannot redefine "fascism" to mean "Hitler" and nothing else. If we do that we throw away any way to say "fascism" when what we actually mean is "fascism".
Why then didn't the OP compare it to the Communist suppression/control of the press?
In both cases "Authoritarian" would have been a more descriptive term, since suppression of the press has nothing directly to do with communism.
Just as appropriate when making false comparisons. How about comparing it to the partisan journalism that has permeated the press since the times leading up to the American Revolution? How about comparing it to Bill and Hillary's more subtle but much more effective manipulation/control of press access?
I believe that particular Tu Quoque is already under way. But the topic clearly states "Trump". It's actually the first word in the title.