How Right-Wingers Are Trying to Downplay Trump's Hitler Talk

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : "The Las Vegas Hoax Chef, Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic, has cooked up a doozy, says Trump admired Hitler.
41% : In a separate interview with The Atlantic, Kelly elaborated on past assertions that Trump expressed admiration for Hitler.
40% : "I can absolutely see [Trump] go, 'It'd be great to have German generals that actually do what we ask them to do, maybe not fully being cognizant of the third rail of German generals who were Nazis or whatever," Kilmeade said.
31% : "They are literally foaming at the mouth," Musk wrote while quoting a post from another X user featuring a manipulated image with the headline "Trump Is Literally Hitler.
30% : They're not just smearing Trump, they're saying half the country is Hitler," he added.
25% : "In 24 hours, the highest levels of the Democrat establishment have called Trump a Nazi who should be locked up and have his throat slit.
24% : The left is saying Trump is a dictator who's going to turn the military on them.
22% : This week, the retired general told The New York Times that Trump fit the definition of a fascist, and would rule like a dictator if reelected.
16% : On Wednesday, Fox News host Brian Kilmeade responded to Kelly's comments by claiming that Trump was perhaps not aware that Hitler's generals were Nazis, and just wanted to cut through red tape.
15% : "On Wednesday, The Atlantic issued a press release titled "The Atlantic Did Not Publish an Article With the Headline 'Trump Is Literally Hitler.'""The fake headline distorts an Atlantic article that was published on October 22, 2024, with the headline 'Trump: 'I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had,'" the publication wrote.
14% : "Fox News' supposedly objective "news side" anchor Bret Baier suggested on Wednesday that Vice President Harris planted The Atlantic's story as part of her closing message against Trump.
12% : Watters went on to claim that Kelly's statements were being used as fodder by Democrats to encourage another assassination attempt against Trump.
5% : Trump Was Enraged by Funeral Cost for 'F-king Mexican' U.S. Soldier: ReportDonald Trump's allies are attempting to minimize the former president's reported praise of Nazi dictator Adolf Hiter, and discredit John Kelly after the former White House chief of staff went on the record with multiple outlets regarding his concerns about Trump's fascist ambitions.
5% : Right-wing billionaire Elon Musk -- who has been campaigning (in potentially illegal ways) for Trump in key swing states -- shared a screenshot of a fake headline distorting The Atlantic's report on Kelly.
5% : Failed GOP presidential candidate Doug Burgum told CNN on Thursday that if Kelly had a problem with Trump -- and believed he was a fascist -- he should "he could've said it when he was working for him 5 years ago.

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