Democratic Majority for Israel President & CEO Mark Mellman issued the following statement after reports that Donald Trump said ‘I need the kind of generals that Hitler had’:
“By asking for generals like Hitler’s, Donald Trump once again reveals his ignorance and his depravity. Trump is apparently ignorant of the fact that some of Hitler’s generals plotted unsuccessfully to assassinate him—a step no American general should or would ever contemplate. Depraved because Trump is literally asking for generals who put loyalty to him above country and morality. Trump is asking for the kind of Hitler generals who were happy to throw Jews and others into ovens and gas chambers because their leader told them to do so. No one like Trump should find a home in the White House ever again and Trump himself should instead find the help he needs to restore whatever humanity he may have once had.”
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