Trump wanted 'totally loyal' generals like Hitler's, new book says
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Source: Washington Post
President Donald Trump once told a top adviser that he wanted totally loyal generals like the ones who had served Adolf Hitler unaware that some of Hitlers generals had tried to assassinate the Nazi leader several times, according to a new book about the Trump presidency.
Trump complained to John Kelly, then his chief of staff and a retired Marine Corps general, why cant you be like the German generals? according to The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 by journalists Peter Baker and Susan Glasser.
When Kelly asked which generals he meant, Trump replied: The German generals in World War II.
You do know that they tried to kill Hitler three times and almost pulled it off? Kelly said, according to the book.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/08/09/trump-kelly-hitler-german-generals/
OAITW r.2.0
(24,316 posts)John Kelly must have wondered what he did in his life to end up a COS for this moron.
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Hekate
(90,565 posts)Its not fodder for the Latest Breaking News forum you might self-delete and repost in General Discussion.
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Blue Owl
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PJMcK
(21,998 posts)He doesnt understand anything.
His followers are the same. Ignorant idiots.
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GP6971
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