Washington: Donald Trump, during a visit to Europe while the US president, told his chief of staff that “Hitler did a lot of good things,” the Guardian newspaper said on Wednesday, quoted upcoming books.
Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly reportedly “stunned” by the comment.
This exchange is told in the upcoming book, “Frankly, we won this election,” by Michael Bender from the Wall Street Journal, the British newspaper said.
The Guardian said he had obtained a copy of the book ahead of the publication next week.
Trump reportedly made a comment while Kelly gave the president of the history of impromptu during the 2018 visit to Europe to mark the end of World War I.
According to the book, Kelly had “reminded the president where the countries were on which countries were” and “connecting points from World War first to the Second World War and all Hitler’s atrocities.
“” Well, Hitler did a lot of good things, “Trump said said.
Kelly was reported “telling the president that he was wrong, but Trump was not bound,” emphasizing the recovery of the German economy under Hitler during the 1930s.
“Kelly pushed back,” The Guardian quoted a bender as a writing, “and argues that the Germans will be poorer than experiencing the Nazi genocide.” Kelly told Trump that even if his claim about the German economy under the Nazis was right, “You can’t say anything that supports Adolf Hitler.
You can’t.” Guardian said Bender had interviewed Trump since he lost the November 2020 election and the former president has denied making comments about Hitler.
Kelly, former Marine Corps General who left the White House in early 2019, had made a number of important comments about Trump after the January 6 attack at US Capitol by supporters of the former president.