Donald Trump Claims He Does Not Know His Rhetoric Mirrored Adolf Hitler, But Reports Say Otherwise

After receiving much backlash for rhetoric that mirrored one of history's most infamous dictators and America's worst enemies, Donald Trump denies he knew he was mirroring Adolf Hitler. The backlash came after he claimed that migrants were "poisoning" the blood of America, which echoed Hitler's claims that Jews were "poisoning" the blood of the Aryan race.

The self-proclaimed "very stable genius" reiterated in an interview, "I never knew that Hitler said it," after receiving the backlash. He also reiterated that he never read Hitler's biographical manifesto, "Mein Kampf."

"I know nothing about Hitler," he said in the interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. "I have no idea what Hitler said other than (what) I've seen on the news. And that's a very, entirely different thing than what I'm saying."

However, this contradicts what people who knew him best have previously said. While it is not known if Trump does have a copy of "Mein Kampf," people close to him have confirmed that the former president does have a copy of another Hitler book, which was the collection of the infamous Nazi leader's speeches titled "My New Order."

However, a 1990 Vanity Fair magazine interview with his s ex-wife, Ivana Trump, revealed that "from time to time her husband reads a book of Hitler's collected speeches, 'My New Order,' which he keeps in a cabinet by his bed."

Donald Trump himself confirmed he owned the book of Hitler speeches, telling Vanity Fair at that time, "it was my friend Marty Davis from Paramount who gave me a copy of 'Mein Kampf,' and he's a Jew." Davis confirmed this but clarified he was not Jewish.

Donald Trump Repeated Hitler Rhetoric Even After Backlash

Aside from the "poisoning the blood" rhetoric, Trump has repeatedly called political opponents "vermin," and despite him denying that he knew he was echoing Hitler, he has also previously acknowledged he knew Hitler said those words.

"They said Hitler said that," he told the crowd on Tuesday. He then insisted that Hitler used the words "in a much different way," but then doubled down on his "poisoning the blood rhetoric by saying, "It's true. They're destroying the blood of the country, they're destroying the fabric of our country, and we're going to have to get them out."

As ABC News pointed out, Trump's response to being criticized for using Hitler's language was to acknowledge the criticism and then use it again.

Donald Trump Repeatedly Denying Racism Despite Evidence Has Been His Tactic for Years

Trump has had a history of denying his racist connections. Aside from denying he knew he was echoing Hitler despite his ex-wife and friend admitting he has a book containing Hitler's speeches, Trump has denied knowing who former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke was after the former KKK leader endorsed him in 2016. He was branded as "perhaps America's most well-known racist and antisemite."

He also said he "didn't know much about QAnon" despite often seeing posters and signs of it in his rallies, as well as retweeting accounts promoting the conspiracy, according to PBS News.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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