Trump's Consecutive Outbursts on Immigrants: "Destroying American Bloodline"

"Criticism of 'Hitler Autobiography Association' Met with 'I Did Not Read It'"

Former U.S. President and leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has once again sparked controversy with hateful remarks about immigrants.

Trump's successive offensive remarks targeting immigrants... Criticized as "reminiscent of Nazi Germany's Hitler"

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is talking with supporters at a pub in Iowa on the 5th (local time). [Image source=AP Yonhap News]

On the 19th (local time), major foreign media including Bloomberg reported that former U.S. President Trump said at a campaign rally held in Waterloo, Iowa, "Illegal immigrants are destroying the blood of our country."

Trump did not provide any evidence related to this but accused, "Immigrants who have entered the U.S. have brought crime and disease." At a campaign rally held in New Hampshire on the 16th, he also targeted immigrants, saying, "People from all over the world, including Africa and Asia, are coming to our country," and "They are contaminating our blood."

In September, Trump also labeled immigrants as "terrorists" in an interview with the right-wing website National Pulse, stating that immigrants "contaminate (America's) blood." His hateful remarks have drawn criticism for evoking Nazi Germany’s leader Adolf Hitler, who in his 1925 autobiography Mein Kampf claimed that German blood was being contaminated by Jews.

In response, Trump said at the Waterloo rally, "I have never read Mein Kampf," and argued that Hitler used a very different style of language. However, Trump has pledged to expand bans on entry from Islamic countries, crack down on illegal immigration, and restrict legal immigration.

Republican lawmakers also distance themselves from Trump

In 2017, a reader in Berlin, Germany, is holding a current affairs weekly magazine "Stern" featuring a composite photo of former U.S. President Donald Trump performing a Nazi-style salute on the cover. Next to Trump's photo, the phrase "His Struggle·SeinKampf" is written, a play on Adolf Hitler's 1925 autobiography "Mein Kampf." The subtitle reads, "Neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan (KKK), Racism: Is Donald Trump Inciting Hatred in America?" [AP=Yonhap News]

In response to Trump’s remarks, the re-election campaign of current U.S. President Joe Biden criticized, "Former President Trump is imitating dictators like Hitler and Mussolini (the Italian politician who founded fascism)."

Republican politicians also pointed out problems with Trump’s comments. Republican Senator Tom Tillis said, "I think (Trump’s remarks) are expressions that do not help the Republican Party as a whole." Republican Representative Shelley Moore Capito also drew a line, saying, "I clearly do not agree with (Trump’s) opinion," and "We are all children of immigrants. His remarks do not represent the views of the entire Republican Party."

Meanwhile, in an interview with U.S. media Fox News on the 5th, Trump sparked controversy by saying, "I will not be a dictator except on the first day (of taking office)," and "I want to close the border." Regarding this, a foreign media outlet estimated, "If Trump’s plan is implemented, millions of illegal immigrants could be deported," and "It would target not only illegal immigrants who recently crossed the southern border but also those who have lived in the U.S. illegally for decades."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.