Former President Donald Trump’s jaw-dropping praise for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was revealed in new reporting via former Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly to CNN.
Trump has been taking flak from media figures and others for months over his use of language that these critics link to that of Adolf Hitler and other Nazi and fascist figures — particularly his use of the terms “vermin” and “poisoning the blood of our country.”
He has also long been alleged to have a fascination with Hitler that included reading Nazi speeches in bed.
But in a new scoop from CNN’s Jim Sciutto, Kelly related stunning conversations he had with Trump about Hitler, spurred by Trump’s most recent meeting with Hungarian strongman Viktor Orban.
According to comments Kelly made for Sciutto’s book “The Return of Great Powers” that comes out Tuesday, Trump started by saying Hitler “did some good things” and went on from there: