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Trump reportedly asked Chief of Staff John F. Kelly why generals couldn’t be “totally loyal” to him, like “the German generals in World War II.” Here's the real history.
During WWII, 400,000 German soldiers made the U. S. their home. They were prisoners of war, and they were here because there ...
Former Trump White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said Trump told him he needs 'generals like Hitler's' in a conversation admiring their loyalty to the German dictator. On Tuesday Kelly spoke ...
Benjamin Hett, Professor of History, Hunter College and the Graduate Center When Trump says he wants generals as loyal as the German generals were to Hitler, he should be careful what he wishes for.
Russian officials condemned Germany after Kremlin-backed media shared alleged audio of German officials discussing war plans.
Retired Gen. John Kelly, who served as White House chief of staff in Trump's administration, said former President Trump praised Adolf Hitler's generals for their loyalty, according to new reporting.
In what was likely meant as a defense of Donald Trump, Fox News host Brian Kilmeade asked his audience to believe that the former president might not have known Adolf Hitler's generals were Nazis ...
This week, I asked Kelly about their exchange. He told me that when Trump raised the subject of “German generals,” Kelly responded by asking, “‘Do you mean Bismarck’s generals?’” ...
In the late 1930s, German generals often protested against Hitler's aggressive moves, but they always fell into line until defeat was at hand in 1944.
In sum, two people reportedly accused Trump of saying: "I need the kind of generals that Hitler had," and his former chief of staff had also claimed on multiple occasions that the former president ...