About a year ago the names “Donald Trump” and “Adolf Hitler” began to appear more frequently in the same news. In fact, it was in his Veterans Day message published in November 2023 that the former Republican president condemned Americans: “live like vermin“In the United States, this has led many to wonder how He echoes the Nazi leader’s inhumane language.

GOP candidate’s immigrantspoison the bloodThe phrase “about the country” was effectively the same as that appearing in “Mein Kampf” and “eradicatehis ideological enemies.

While Trump insists that he doesn’t like Americans posing “insider threats,” The Washington Post published an article: analysis “This was also a theme that Hitler often supported.”

As a Republican in the following months has become clearer while shouting an authoritarian vision For the United States – even started talking about genetic deficiency Number of immigrants — various observers have noted hard-to-miss parallels between Trump and the World War II-era German leader. Post’s Catherine Rampell explainedfor example, the GOP candidate “seems intent on making the Hitler comparison.” Shortly after, Atlantic Added Anne Applebaum Trump’s language “is not just ugly or repulsive: These words belong to a particular tradition. Adolf Hitler used such terms frequently.”

But over the last few weeks the conversation has become quite dramatic. For example, the public learned that retired Gen. Mark Milley, who served as Trump’s hand-picked Chief of Staff, said: I condemned the former president He is considered “a fascist through and through” and “the most dangerous person for this country.” This week, Americans learned that retired Gen. John Kelly, who served as Trump’s White House chief of staff, also said: just not approved He said the idea that Trump was a “fascist” was also privately missed:Hitler’s generals” and I have commented privately to Hitler more than once “I did some good things.”

The Republican candidate continues to deny it. NBC News reported:

Before we move on, let’s not miss the forest for the trees: Americans have reached a point in our collective history where the Republican Party’s candidate for the nation’s highest office has to answer credible questions about his allegedly pro-Hitler comments. Do not confuse him with the Hitler-like comments he already made in public.

Complicating matters, Kelly isn’t alone: ​​13 former Trump White House officials signed an open letter He expresses his support for the former chief of staff’s condemnations.

“We applaud General Kelly for highlighting in sharp detail the danger of a second Trump term. “Like General Kelly, we did not take the decision to come forward lightly,” he said. the letter said. “We are all lifelong Republicans who have served our country. But there are moments in history when it is necessary to put country before party. This is one of those moments.”

Meanwhile, on the other side of the partisan divide, Barack Obama began incorporating Kelly’s comments into his public presentation.