Coverage dated August 7, 2022

Trump Asked Generals To Follow In Third Reich’s Footsteps, Book Says

Headline from Forbes

While president, Trump complained why U.S. generals weren’t more like Adolf Hitler’s, according to a new book, admiring that Hitler’s generals were “totally loyal to him.”

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The Times of Israel
Report: Trump demanded his generals be loyal like German generals were to Hitler (opens The Times of Israel)
Published Aug 7, 2022
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New book claims exchange came as top US army officers pushed back against then-president's plan to hold a military parade in Washington, warning him that's 'what dictators do'
Forbes
Trump Asked Generals To Follow In Third Reich’s Footsteps, Book Says (opens Forbes)
Published Aug 7, 2022
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While president, Trump complained why U.S. generals weren’t more like Adolf Hitler’s, according to a new book, admiring that Hitler’s generals were “totally loyal to him.”
Washington Examiner
Trump wanted military to be like 'German generals' who were 'totally loyal': Report (opens Washington Examiner)
Published Aug 7, 2022
Washington Examiner's feed description
Former President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. military should be more like Adolf Hitler’s army in World War II and praised German generals for their loyalty to the Third Reich, according to a new report.
Insider
Trump asked John Kelly why US generals weren't 'totally loyal' to him like Hitler's generals during WWII: book (opens Insider)
Published Aug 7, 2022
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Kelly informed Trump that Hitler's generals attempted to assassinate him, but Trump insisted that the Nazi generals were "totally loyal."
Rolling Stone
Trump Said He Wanted Generals to Be Loyal to Him Like Nazis Were to Hitler: Report (opens Rolling Stone)
Published Aug 7, 2022
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The latest example of the former president seeing himself as a dictator comes in a shocking excerpt from The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
NBC News
Trump once complained that his generals weren't like Hitler's, book says (opens NBC News)
Published Aug 7, 2022
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The exchange with then-White House chief of staff John Kelly was detailed in an excerpt from a forthcoming book by journalists Susan Glasser and Peter Baker.