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Trump said he wanted generals like Hitler, John Kelly confirms in new report - The Boston Globe

Oct 22, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    30% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -35% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Kelly recalled Trump saying, "Well, but Hitler did some good things.
51% : "In an interview for CNN's Jim Sciutto's book "The Return of Great Powers," Kelly revealed that Trump had praised certain aspects of Hitler's leadership.
46% : Nothing,'" Kelly recalled the conversation he had with Trump.
45% : During a conversation with The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, Kelly confirmed the type of generals Trump was referring to by saying, "Yeah, yeah, Hitler's generals.
43% : "In May, Trump posted a video on Truth Social that included references to a "unified Reich" among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November.
37% : "In previous reports drawn from Peter Baker and Susan Glasser's book "The Divider: Trump in the White House," published in 2022, Trump reportedly told retired Kelly, a Brighton native, that his generals weren't "totally loyal" like Adolf Hitler's during World War II.
23% : Baker and Glasser wrote in their book that while in office Trump asked Kelly, "Why can't you be like the German generals?"The book excerpt then described that Kelly, a Marine, explained to Trump that German generals "tried to kill Hitler three times and almost pulled it off," to which the then-President responded, "No, no, no, they were totally loyal to him.
19% : Leading up to this year's presidential race, Trump previously used rhetoric echoing Adolf Hitler when he said immigrants entering the US illegally are "poisoning the blood of our country," and called his opponents "vermin.

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