Trump Reveals Insider Story...Told US Military Leadership "Why Don't You Show Loyalty Like German Generals?"

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[Asia Economy New York=Special Correspondent Joselgina] "Why don't the failed generals seem like German generals? I'm talking about the German generals during World War II. They were very loyal to Hitler."

It has been revealed that former U.S. President Donald Trump wanted loyalty and obedience from the U.S. military leadership like the Nazi German generals who followed Adolf Hitler in the past. It was also exposed that during his first year in office, he demanded a large-scale military parade on Independence Day while instructing that wounded veterans be excluded.

The U.S. current affairs weekly The New Yorker reported this on the 8th (local time) by releasing excerpts from the book "The Divider: Trump in the White House" by journalists Peter Baker and Susan Glasser.

According to the excerpts, during his tenure, former President Trump complained to then White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, a former general, "Why aren't you like the German generals?" He was upset that the military leadership was not fully loyal and obedient to him as president.

In response, former Chief of Staff Kelly asked if he knew that German generals tried to kill Hitler three times and almost succeeded, to which Trump replied, "No. They were very loyal to Hitler." The New Yorker pointed out, citing the book excerpt, that "former President Trump could not have known (history)."

In 2017, his first year in office, he also demanded the largest military parade in history in Washington DC to celebrate U.S. Independence Day. This was right after visiting Paris, France, where he watched a large-scale parade involving the French President Emmanuel Macron and the two countries' militaries.

In particular, former President Trump also gave the order, "Wounded veterans should not appear in the parade. It doesn't look good to me." Former Chief of Staff Kelly countered, "They are heroes. The only people more heroic than them are the fallen buried at Arlington (National Cemetery)," but Trump did not accept this. The book also reported that then Secretary of Defense James Mattis and others directly opposed the large-scale military parade.

Along with this, an anecdote was revealed that former President Trump ordered Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to "shoot" the 'Black Lives Matter' (BLM) protesters filling Lafayette Square in front of the White House, saying, "Can't you just shoot them? Shoot them in the leg or anywhere." When Milley and others refused, former President Trump reportedly shouted, "You are all losers."

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