It wouldn't surprise me if was so historically illiterate that "fought against the Soviets during WW2" didn't ring some alarm bells. He's had a Nazi-sympathy-in-his-ranks panic before though so he very likely doesn't care. Scratch a liberal and all that. Knowing what I know about Canadian media though the reporters will just continue with this line uncritically, not noting that this was literally a mistake that was purely political in nature.