tbf, I wouldn’t be surprised if he never has actually read an entire book. You don’t necessarily need to have read an original source to parrot some of its contents, there’s plenty of other ways.
A lot of this probably comes from his advisors. But i imagine those advisors would follow him back into the whitehouse
Yeah, Stephen Miller is still one of his most trusted advisors and sometimes speech writer and you KNOW that creep loves himself some Hitler!
Personally I think the Hitler influence is coming from Trump himself AND Stephen Miller. Probably other advisors too.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Donald Trump’s past comments about Mein Kampf have resurfaced after he referenced the book penned by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in a speech in Iowa last night.
Trump has earned criticism for his speech in the Hawkeye State after he said immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our county” during a rally in New Hampshire over the weekend.
The Biden-Harris campaign accused Trump of “parroting Hitler” in his speeches, while a resurfaced interview reveals the moment the former president talked about being given Mein Kampf by a friend.
The article said: "Last April, perhaps in a surge of Czech nationalism, Ivana Trump told her lawyer Michael Kennedy that from time to time her husband reads a book of Hitler’s collected speeches, My New Order, which he keeps in a cabinet by his bed.
Referring to this, Trump is quoted as saying: “It was my friend Marty Davis from Paramount who gave me a copy of Mein Kampf, and he’s a Jew.”
In response, Davis is quoted as saying he did give his friend a book about Hitler, but that it was actually My New Order A Collection of Speeches not Mein Kampf.
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In Germany “Mein Kampf” in its unedited, uncommented form is banned and maybe that’s not a bad idea. Prevents dimwits from reading it unfiltered and … become president with a twisted world view heavy influenced and inspired by one of the worst dictators and murderers in humans history.
As if Trump has actually read it
If not, other nazis probably told him all about it over the years.
Oh yeah, I’m sure he’s heard all the talking points. Probably had a secretary read him the sparknotes
And if he ever forgets, Stephen Miller will remind him.
Agreed. I think their solution of banning the unedited version while allowing a version annotated by non-fascist historians is spot on.
I know kampfs. Love a good kampf. I know people, hose people know kampfs and they say “Mister President”, they still call me “Mister President” because I’m still the president. They know presidents, and they know me and they know I’m the president because they’re smart. Smart people. Good people. They know presidents and they know kampfs and they say, “The president needs a kampf. Gotta have a good kampf or you’re not even really the president.” Sleepy Joe Biden doesn’t have a kampf, now look at what’s happening. Gas is $25/gallon, there are sticks in my yard, they made it illegal to be an American. They said, “You can’t do that here, that’s American.”
I have no idea if this is a legitimate quote or not
The article said: "Last April, perhaps in a surge of Czech nationalism, Ivana Trump told her lawyer Michael Kennedy that from time to time her husband reads a book of Hitler’s collected speeches, My New Order, which he keeps in a cabinet by his bed.
“Kennedy now guards a copy of My New Order in a closet at his office, as if it were a grenade.”
Referring to this, Trump is quoted as saying: “It was my friend Marty Davis from Paramount who gave me a copy of Mein Kampf, and he’s a Jew.”
In response, Davis is quoted as saying he did give his friend a book about Hitler, but that it was actually My New Order A Collection of Speeches not Mein Kampf.
“I thought he would find it interesting,” Davis said. “I am his friend, but I’m not Jewish.”
In the article, Trump is quoted as saying: “If I had these speeches, and I am not saying that I do, I would never read them.”
The article also said a Trump Organization employee would click his heels and make a mock Nazi salute at Trump saying “Heil Hitler.”
This is like a sketch comedy bit. The funniest part was when Trump tried to pull the “I have a Jewish friend” defense and the guy wasn’t even Jewish.
Trump: “I have a Jewish friend that gave me Mein Kampf.”
Editor: “Close Mr Trump, but the Friend was not Jewish the book was not Mein Kampf.”
News: “Trump had a friend.”
Me: “Did anybody fact check this? … Well, I’ll be damned…”
I mean, he was very good friends with Jeffrey Epstein, so there’s that
He couldn’t be sure, of course, because he was unable to read the cover.
We all know how this is going to go:
- I don’t quote Hitler, I’m not a Nazi
- [Sarcastically] Well, I guess I’m Hitler now.
- But you know, Hitler had some good ideas, he was a strong leader
- Look, if Nazis want to support me, that’s their business, I’m not a Nazi, I just think Hitler was right about a lot of stuff…
Meanwhile, in the small group of black and jewish people who support him, a few are going to trickle away. A few are going to jump on the sarcastic bandwagon and pretend that they support him because he’s a Nazi too. When he starts getting serious about liking Hitler, a few more will drift away, but others will just double down.
