MediaiteJohn Kelly Goes On The Record To Confirm Trump Once Told Him He Wished He Acted Like One Of 'Hitler's Generals'
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50% Medium Conservative
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45% ReliableFair
- Policy Leaning
50% Medium Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
13% Positive
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
67% : ""He said, 'Well, but Hitler did some good things,'" Kelly said of Trump in Sciutto's book.59% : (Throughout the course of his presidency, Trump referred to flag officers as "my generals.")
51% : This correction did not move Trump to reconsider his view: "No, no, no, they were totally loyal to him," the president responded.
49% : "Goldberg explained that the comments were first reported by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser in their book, The Divider: Trump in the White House.
39% : He told me that when Trump raised the subject of "German generals," Kelly responded by asking, "'Do you mean Bismarck's generals?'"
30% : Nothing,'" Kelly recalled telling Trump.
25% : Goldberg further summed up Baker's and Glasser's reporting:Trump, at various points, had grown frustrated with military officials he deemed disloyal and disobedient.
20% : In the book, the reporting couple writes that while in office Trump asked Kelly, "Why can't you be like the German generals?"
19% : According to Baker and Glasser, Kelly explained to Trump that German generals "tried to kill Hitler three times and almost pulled it off."
18% : John Kelly, Donald Trump's former White House chief of staff, went on the record with The Atlantic's editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg and confirmed that Trump once told him that he wished he acted like the "German generals," which he later clarified meant specifically "Hitler's generals.
10% : Kelly told me Trump was not acquainted with Rommel.
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