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Trump Claims Nazis Treated Jewish Prisoners With “Love” (newrepublic.com)

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[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

I don't want to defend Trump in anyway but this is a hystirical headline meant to generate clicks and attention.

“I said to them, was there any sign of love?” Trump said, recounting his conversation with released hostages.

“Did the, Hamas, show any signs of like, help? Or liking you? Did they wink? Did they give you a piece of bread extra? Did they give you a meal on the side? … Like, you know, what happened in Germany?” Trump said, absurdly comparing the hostages’ situation to the Holocaust, which murdered six million Jews.

“People would try and help people that were in unbelievable distress,” the president went on, suggesting that the Nazis were known for their generosity.

“No, they didn’t do that, they’d slap us,” Trump said the hostages told him about Hamas, while sitting next to the man who is currently leading Israel’s genocide in Gaza. “Their hatred is unbelievable.”

What I think he is trying to say in a very weird way is Nazi's treated Jews better than Hamas does now.

Yes the orange monkey is very stupid and crazy for saying shit like this, again I don't want to defend him in any way but the article does not say that Trump thinks Nazi's loved Jews.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 42 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

You're participating in the old good tradition of sanewashing what Trump said. You don't need to interpret that jumble of sounds as charitably as possible, he doesn't deserve it, and he repeatedly showed that he actually means the worst most of the time. He said "nazis showed signs of love to holocaust victims" with his own stupid mouth. You don't need to excuse him by interpreting it as if he didn't say it.

[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I knew this thread would be FILLED with Trump apologist. He literally said "was there any love?... Like there was in Germany"

It's not taking it too far. It's what he said. We don't need to figure out if he meant a prison guard or Germans in general. We don't need to excuse what he meant by adding precision he didn't add. According to Trump there was love for Jews in Nazi Germany.

I'm so glad to see at least a few people resisting the sanewashing.

[–] AGreenPurple@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well, If it wouldn't be Trump I might be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he was actually referring to the few people that helped Jews escape or that hid them somewhere.

But in this context ("giving them an extra slice of bread") this doesn't seem to make much sense.

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