The former American president Donald Trump (2017-2021) believes that the German dictator Adolf Hitler did “Good things” for your country and that the Hungarian ultranationalist Viktor Orbán Is “fantastic”said the journalist this Tuesday CNN Jim Sciuttowhich contains statements in his recently published book “The Return of the Great Powers”.
The author confirmed on the media website that the retired general John Kelly He leaked these comments to him. Kelly was Trump’s chief of staff between July 2017 and January 2019.
“He said: “But Hitler did some good things.”. I said that?’ And he said: “Well, he rebuilt the economy.”. But what did he do with this rebuilt economy? He turned it against his own people and against the world. And I said, “Sir, there’s never anything good to say about this guy.” “Nothing,” Kelly said. The president’s admiration is not limited to Hitler. According to his former right hand man, Trump praised his officers’ loyalty to him.
From OrbánThis is also what he thinks, with whom he recently met in his villa in Mar-a-Lago (Florida). “There is no better or wiser leader”: “He’s the boss, a great leader, a fantastic leader. “They respect him in Europe and in the world,” he would have said.
Steven CheungTrump campaign spokesman declined to comment on the statements, but in his response to the journalist recommended Kelly seek professional help “because…” “His hatred consumes his empty life.”.
The one who spoke out is the Democratic presidential campaign. Joe Biden, and the Vice President, Kamala Harris. “Today’s information confirms that Trump ignores the Holocaust and the hundreds of thousands of American deaths in World War II to praise one of the most notorious dictators in history. This is not a tour: “It’s a betrayal of our values.”he said in a statement.
One of its spokespersons said: Sarafina ChitikaThese hymns of praise for Hitler are “shameful, but “not surprising at all.”.
“They come from a man who repeatedly repeated Nazi rhetoric during the election campaign, He has called his political opponents “vermin.” and has dictators and authoritarian “leaders” such as: B. showered with praise Wladimir Putin, Orbán And Kim Jong Unamong others. “If he talks like a dictator, praises dictators and says he wants to be a dictator, we should probably believe him.”Chitika concluded.