Donald Trump has now denied ever having read Adolf Hitler’s 1925 memoir-manifesto Mein Kampf as he faces a firestorm over his recent run of anti-immigrant comments, which have been likened to the Nazi leader’s infamous “blood and soil” rhetoric.

The former president returned to the campaign trail in Waterloo, Iowa, on Tuesday evening where he doubled down on his earlier inflammatory remarks.

“It’s crazy, what’s going on. They’re ruining our country. And it’s true. They are destroying the blood of our country. That’s what they’re doing. They are destroying our country,” he said.

“They don’t like it when I said that,” he added, before denying browsing Hitler’s book.

“And I never read Mein Kampf. They said, ‘Oh, Hitler said that’. In a much different way,” he said.

  • Wrench@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    12
    ·
    1 year ago

    Uh huh.

    The natural reaction if that were true would be to take a step back and re-evaluate your rhetoric and why you’re being compared to one of the most evil people in history.

    He’s read it cover to cover and loves it. That’s why the parallels are narrowing and becoming extremely clear. And why he’s not phased at the comparison.

    • modifier
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Believing Donald Trump has not read a book is easy, and this book is no exception. I have no problem believing he didn’t read it.

      Now Steven Miller on the other hand…

      • nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        I believe Stephen Miller has it memorized and creeps into Trump’s bedroom through the window while he’s sleeping and whispers it into his ear, and has been doing this every night for 6 years. I can picture this clearly.

      • Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        Yup, this line probably wasn’t just stumbled upon randomly in his rotting brain, it was fed to him from one of his white nationalist speech goons. And it’s possible they too didn’t get it straight from Hitler but just read it on a neo-Nazi thought piece and found it compelling. Most white nationalists aren’t studying the foundational texts, but they all seem to know the same words.