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Temeret

(80 posts) Fri Dec 2, 2022, 10:20 PM Dec 2022

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 Hitler’s 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 can’t 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/

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Trump wanted 'totally loyal' generals like Hitler's, new book says (Original Post) Temeret Dec 2022 OP

A deeply stupid man. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2022 #1

link? Shellback Squid Dec 2022 #2

Fixed Temeret Dec 2022 #3

Definitely ghastly, but this was reported back in August. ... Hekate Dec 2022 #4

Sieg Pile Blue Owl Dec 2022 #5

Trump is an idiot PJMcK Dec 2022 #6

Locking. GP6971 Dec 2022 #7

OAITW r.2.0

(24,288 posts)

1. A deeply stupid man.

Reply to Temeret (Original post)

Fri Dec 2, 2022, 10:24 PM

Dec 2022

John Kelly must have wondered what he did in his life to end up a COS for this moron.

Shellback Squid

(8,914 posts)

2. link?

Reply to Temeret (Original post)

Fri Dec 2, 2022, 10:25 PM

Dec 2022

Temeret

(80 posts)

3. Fixed

Reply to Shellback Squid (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 2, 2022, 10:30 PM

Dec 2022

Thanks.

Hekate

(90,556 posts)

4. Definitely ghastly, but this was reported back in August. ...

Reply to Temeret (Original post)

Fri Dec 2, 2022, 10:38 PM

Dec 2022

It’s not fodder for the Latest Breaking News forum — you might self-delete and repost in General Discussion.

Welcome to DU.

Blue Owl

(50,259 posts)

5. Sieg Pile

Reply to Temeret (Original post)

Fri Dec 2, 2022, 10:40 PM

Dec 2022

As in pile of fucking shit

PJMcK

(21,998 posts)

6. Trump is an idiot

Reply to Temeret (Original post)

Fri Dec 2, 2022, 10:53 PM

Dec 2022

He doesn’t understand anything.

His followers are the same. Ignorant idiots.

Thanks for reading.

GP6971

(31,110 posts)

7. Locking.

Reply to Temeret (Original post)

Fri Dec 2, 2022, 11:38 PM

Dec 2022

Links in LBN must be within 12 hours. Your WAPO link is from August.

Please feel free to repost in GD.

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