Trump: 'I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had'

[Deplorable Yankee]

The Republican nominee’s preoccupation with dictators, and his disdain for the American military, is deepening.

Trump has frequently voiced his disdain for those who serve in the military and for their devotion to duty, honor, and sacrifice. Former generals who have worked for Trump say that the sole military virtue he prizes is obedience. As his presidency drew to a close, and in the years since, he has become more and more interested in the advantages of dictatorship, and the absolute control over the military that he believes it would deliver. “I need the kind of generals that Hitler had,” Trump said in a private conversation in the White House, according to two people who heard him say this. “People who were totally loyal to him, that follow orders.” (“This is absolutely false,” Pfeiffer wrote in an email. “President Trump never said this.”)

A desire to force U.S. military leaders to be obedient to him and not the Constitution is one of the constant themes of Trump’s military-related discourse. Former officials have also cited other recurring themes: his denigration of military service, his ignorance of the provisions of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, his admiration for brutality and anti-democratic norms of behavior, and his contempt for wounded veterans and for soldiers who fell in battle.

Retired General Barry McCaffrey, a decorated Vietnam veteran, told me that Trump does not comprehend such traditional military virtues as honor and self-sacrifice. “The military is a foreign country to him. He doesn’t understand the customs or codes,” McCaffrey said. “It doesn’t penetrate. It starts with the fact that he thinks it’s foolish to do anything that doesn’t directly benefit himself.”

I’ve been interested in Trump’s understanding of military affairs for nearly a decade. At first, it was cognitive dissonance that drew me to the subject—according to my previous understanding of American political physics, Trump’s disparagement of the military, and in particular his obsessive criticism of the war record of the late Senator John McCain, should have profoundly alienated Republican voters, if not Americans generally. And in part my interest grew from the absolute novelty of Trump’s thinking. This country had never seen, to the best of my knowledge, a national political figure who insulted veterans, wounded warriors, and the fallen with metronomic regularity.

In their book, The Divider: Trump in the White House, Peter Baker and Susan Glasser reported that Trump asked John Kelly, his chief of staff at the time, “Why can’t you be like the German generals?” Trump, at various points, had grown frustrated with military officials he deemed disloyal and disobedient. (Throughout the course of his presidency, Trump referred to flag officers as “my generals.”) According to Baker and Glasser, Kelly explained to Trump that German generals “tried to kill Hitler three times and almost pulled it off.” This correction did not move Trump to reconsider his view: “No, no, no, they were totally loyal to him,” the president responded.

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Trump: 'I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had'​

Why would any sane person ever vote to put Trump back in the White House? Trump seems mentally unfit for the job. What do you think?

 

[Beekeeper]

The Republican nominee’s preoccupation with dictators, and his disdain for the American military, is deepening.

No, it it not. It was never there to begin with.

 

[Beekeeper]

“I need the kind of generals that Hitler had,” Trump said in a private conversation in the White House, according to two people who heard him say this. “

Who are these two people?

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

¡Al menos ella es una verdadera conservadora que tiene una verdadera moral y ama a Estados Unidos!

Pfft ....sezz the fuzzy foreigner speaking Spanish...take her fake opposition rhino horn and stick it

 

[dudmuck]

Yet milley, your hero, said he would inform his Chinese masters of Trump's plans.

That's treason, asswipe.

Mark Meadows, Mike Pompeo, and Mark Esper were all aware of these calls.
The purpose of these calls to China were to assure China that there were no plans to attack China..

 

[martybegan]

Thankfully, as time went on, Hitler grew more and more full of himself as he became more and more unhinged and unfocused. Therefore, he disregarded his generals relative to military advice ((not at all addressing Hitler’s bloodlust against Jews, gays, Russians and so forth)).

Some military historians maintain that had he heeded their advice, Nazi Germany might have prevailed.

Obviously, Trump was addressing only the idea of solid military advice and planning.

Hitler was key to German success up until Barbarossa, when he starting shitting the bed. Before that the Generals were waffling on things.

 

[Luckyone]

Thankfully, as time went on, Hitler grew more and more full of himself as he became more and more unhinged and unfocused. Therefore, he disregarded his generals relative to military advice ((not at all addressing Hitler’s bloodlust against Jews, gays, Russians and so forth)).

Some military historians maintain that had he heeded their advice, Nazi Germany might have prevailed.

Obviously, Trump was addressing only the idea of solid military advice and planning.

You mean to say that we do not have generals right now that give "solid military advice"?

He wants generals that do his bidding, no matter if the Constitution is broken

 

[Luckyone]

Yes patriotic generals that know the chain of command not treasonous pricks like Milley....

Patriotic? are those the kind of Generals that Hitler had? The ones that were willing to jail and kill Jews because Hitler asked them to do so?

 

[Luckyone]

¡Al menos ella es una verdadera conservadora que tiene una verdadera moral y ama a Estados Unidos!

estoy de acuerdo

 

[martybegan]

You mean to say that we do not have generals right now that give "solid military advice"?

He wants generals that do his bidding, no matter if the Constitution is broken

We have Generals more concerned with DEI and sucking up to Democrats than preparing to defeat our enemies if the situation comes up.

 

[westwall]

You mean to say that we do not have generals right now that give "solid military advice"?

He wants generals that do his bidding, no matter if the Constitution is broken

No, we don't.

 

[westwall]

Patriotic? are those the kind of Generals that Hitler had? The ones that were willing to jail and kill Jews because Hitler asked them to do so?

The army generals didn't know about any of that till about 1943. Geez, wanker, how is it you are so ignorant of history?

 

[Luckyone]

Lakhota You gone off the deep end. Trump has NOTHING in common with Hitler. Typical of you libtards to compare right wing politicians to Hitler and his generals and the damn Holocaust. Road Runner will agree. You must have an IQ of 40 to believe the lies of the left and comparing a person to Hitler, who killed tens of millions of innocent people. People like you disgust me.

He did say (specifically) "I want Generals like Hitler had"! Hitlers Generals jailed and killed Jews. He wants that "kind" of generals...........the ones that do the leaders bidding, even if breaks the law or breaks the Constitution.

 

[westwall]

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He did say (specifically) "I want Generals like Hitler had"! Hitlers Generals jailed and killed Jews. He wants that "kind" of generals...........the ones that do the leaders bidding, even if breaks the law or breaks the Constitution.

That comparison fits obummer/bribem and Harris even better.

 

[BackAgain]

Hitler was key to German success up until Barbarossa, when he starting shitting the bed. Before that the Generals were waffling on things.

Great. All things that led him to fuck up his quest were good things.

But the generals did try to get sHitler to simmer down. He thought to much more highly of his own brilliance. Good. He fucked it up.

 

[g5000]

Thankfully, as time went on, Hitler grew more and more full of himself as he became more and more unhinged and unfocused. Therefore, he disregarded his generals relative to military advice ((not at all addressing Hitler’s bloodlust against Jews, gays, Russians and so forth)).

Some military historians maintain that had he heeded their advice, Nazi Germany might have prevailed.

Obviously, Trump was addressing only the idea of solid military advice and planning.

Trump was given solid military advice.

Like, "No, sir. Don't nuke hurricanes."

 

[g5000]

Former White House chief of staff John Kelly says Trump praised Hitler while in office​

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“He commented more than once that, you know, that Hitler did some good things, too,” Kelly said. He also told the New York Times that Trump meets "the general definition of a fascist."

“Certainly the former president is in the far-right area, he’s certainly an authoritarian, admires people who are dictators — he has said that. So he certainly falls into the general definition of fascist, for sure,” Kelly said.

 

[g5000]

Trump's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has also called Trump a fascist.

 

[Rambunctious]

Patriotic? are those the kind of Generals that Hitler had? The ones that were willing to jail and kill Jews because Hitler asked them to do so?

They were murderers but still beholden to Germany and their president..... learn the difference....

 

[g5000]

As he ages,, Trump is becoming more and more fascist.

Trump is more like Mussolini than Hitler. He's original gangsta fascist.