It was far from the worst news Donald Trump has faced this week, but the Republican nominee has taken some flak for promoting a Pat Buchanan column touting his performance in the second presidential debate.

Not only did Buchanan recognize Trump’s long odds toward the end of the column, an observation repeated in the campaign’s press release. Seventeen years ago, Trump attacked Buchanan as “close to the lunatic fringe,” a “fan” of Adolf Hitler, someone who “has written too many inflammatory, outrageous, and controversial things to ever be elected president.”