@usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works • 17 hours agoTrump's staff is saying that Trump kept quoting Hitler, praised him, and generally looked up to himlemmy.mlimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1484arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1473arrow-down1imageTrump's staff is saying that Trump kept quoting Hitler, praised him, and generally looked up to himlemmy.ml@usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works • 17 hours agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Denjinlink4•2 hours agoApart from the yes men, the political appointees and the fanatics, Hitler was universally hated by his generals.
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglish1•25 minutes agoYeah, but there was a difference between the two sets. The generals under Hitler saw Hitler as a useful idiot that would fund the military after decades of neglect. The generals under Trump saw Trump as a strategic liability, undermining American soft power in a way that undermined their hard power.
Apart from the yes men, the political appointees and the fanatics, Hitler was universally hated by his generals.
Yeah, but there was a difference between the two sets.
The generals under Hitler saw Hitler as a useful idiot that would fund the military after decades of neglect.
The generals under Trump saw Trump as a strategic liability, undermining American soft power in a way that undermined their hard power.