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Donald Trump is facing a fresh storm of criticism following a report that he once said he needed “the kind of generals that Adolf Hitler had.”
“I need the kind of generals that Hitler had,” the Republican presidential nominee allegedly declared, according to The Atlantic. “People who were totally loyal to him, that follow orders.”
The claim has been vehemently denied by Trump’s campaign.
Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly also told The New York Times that the former president praised Hitler multiple times, warning that the GOP candidate meets the definition of a fascist.
Kamala Harris meanwhile took part in an interview with NBC News on Tuesday night and will follow that with a CNN town hall with Anderson Cooper in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, today taking questions from undecided swing state voters as Trump campaigns in Georgia and JD Vance visits Nevada.
The Republican’s White House predecessor Barack Obama was joined on stage by Eminem in Detroit, Michigan, last night as the duo campaigned for Harris.
The rapper introduced Obama, who repaid the favor by reciting the lyrics to his hit track “Lose Yourself.”
Trump reportedly said he needs ‘the kind of generals that Hitler had’ as Kelly brands him a ‘fascist’
Watch: Barack Obama raps popular Eminem song at Detroit rally
Trump said of murdered soldier ‘it doesn’t cost $60k to bury a f****** Mexican,’ report says
Tim Walz attacks Elon Musk as Trump’s ‘running mate’ for ‘skipping around like a dips***’
Tim Walz attacks ‘dips***’ Elon Musk as Trump’s ‘running mate’
Also on rollicking form in Madison, Wisconsin, last night was Harris’s vice presidential nominee, who ripped into Trump and Musk with venom.
His warm-up man, West Wing actor Bradley Whitford, wasn’t bad either.
Eric Garcia reports.
Walz attacks Elon Musk as Trump’s ‘running mate’ for ‘skipping around like a dips***’
Democratic vice-presidential candidate and Barack Obama are rallying in Wisconsin as early voting begins
Fiery Kamala Harris says electing her is key to US ‘moving on’ from Trump and rejects ‘concessions’ on reproductive rights
The Democrat was in no mood to cut deals in her NBC News interview with Hallie Jackson last night, also refusing to blame sexism or racism for preventing her taking a big lead in the polls and insisting the country is “absolutely” ready for a woman of color in the White House.
Here’s James Liddell on Harris declining to be drawn on whether she would pardon Trump from the Oval Office.
Harris refuses to rule out pardoning Trump if she wins election
Trump is the first former president to be criminally convicted
Trump insults rivals and praises Xi Jinping at North Carolina rally
This was the Republican nominee on stage in Greensboro yesterday, calling both Kamala Harris and Tim Walz “stupid”, Obama “a jerk”, AOC “a young girl” and also suggesting Harris might be on drugs, in amongst all the usual preposterous scaremongering and false promises about migrants and the economy.
He also welcomed Tulsi Gabbard aboard as full-on MAGA and forgot how French fries are cooked, despite making a batch himself at a Pensylvania McDonald’s as recently as Sunday.
Trump spoke for almost two hours – exhausting for all concerned.
Trump on murdered soldier: ‘It doesn’t cost $60k to bury a f***ing Mexican!’
The Hitler remark wasn’t the only shocking line in that Atlantic piece.
Trump also reportedly declared that “it doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f***ing Mexican” after receiving the bill for a murdered soldier’s funeral, which he had previously offered to pay.
Vanessa Guillen, a 20-year-old Army private, was bludgeoned to death in April 2020 by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood in Texas and her burned remains were only discovered two months later.
Following the tragic incident, Trump invited Guillen’s family to the White House, where he described the young woman as a “spectacular person” and said he could help the family out “financially” and with funeral arrangements.
However, in a meeting in December 2020, Trump reportedly flew into a rage after being presented with the invoice for her burial.
Mike Bedigan reports.
Trump said of murdered soldier ‘it doesn’t cost $60k to bury a Mexican’ – report
The claims, which the Trump campaign has strongly denied, appeared in an recent article published by The Atlantic
Eminem introduces Barack Obama at Kamala Harris rally in Detroit
Barack Obama was joined on stage by Eminem as he campaigned for Kamala Harris in Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday.
The rapper introduced Obama, who repaid the favor by reciting the lyrics to “Lose Yourself”.
You can see the big moment for yourself below.
Watch: Barack Obama raps popular Eminem song at Detroit rally
Barack Obama impressed crowds by rapping a popular Eminem song at a Detroit rally in support of Kamala Harris. “I was feeling some kind of way following Eminem,” Obama admitted, before launching into the rapper's lyrics on Tuesday evening (22 October). The former US president continued: “Now I noticed that my palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy, there's vomit on my sweater already, mom's spaghetti.” The audience started cheering when they realized Obama was rapping to Eminem's hit, Lose Yourself. Obama then continued the song, mouthing the beat into the microphone.
Donald Trump reportedly said he needs ‘the kind of generals that Hitler had’
The Republican presidential nominee is facing a fresh storm of criticism after it was reported that he once said he needed “the kind of generals that Adolf Hitler had”, according to a new report in The Atlantic citing two people who claim to have heard him say it at the White House.
“I need the kind of generals that Hitler had,” Trump allegedly declared.
“People who were totally loyal to him, that follow orders.”
The claim has been vehemently denied by Trump’s campaign but comes hot on the heels of his former chief of staff John Kelly telling The New York Times that the former president meets the definition of a fascist and will govern as a dictator if re-elected.
Here’s Mike Bedigan’s report
Trump reportedly said he needs ‘the kind of generals that Hitler had’
The claims come as part of a report in The Atlantic, which states that the former president held a disdain and misunderstanding of the military
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