This episode is part 5 of examining common claims about something Donald Trump said.
As we examine each trope let’s ask ourselves “Did Trump really say that?!”
Context is king. There can be more than meets the eye than what media will often have us believe.
In part 5 we dissect two hoaxes from the same article in The Atlantic:
- The “I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had” hoax
- The “$60,000 to Bury a Mexican” hoax
Sources Cited:
Jeffrey Goldberg, “Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’,” The Atlantic, October 22, 2024.
Michael D. Shear, “Trump Asked Aide Why His Generals Couldn’t Be Like Hitler’s, Book Says,” New York Times, August 8, 2022.
Christopher Tremoglie, “Reductio ad Hitlerum: 60 years of Democrats falsely calling the Republican nominee a fascist,” Washington Examiner, October 24, 2024.
John Mashek, “Bush, Obama, and the Hitler Card,” US News, May 16, 2008.
Taija PerryCook, “Did Trump Once Say ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’?” Snopes, October 25, 2024.
“President Donald Trump offers to pay for the funeral of Vanessa Guillén,” Donald J Trump, July 30, 2020.
Mark Meadows (@MarkMeadows), “I was in the discussions featured in the Atlantic’s latest hit piece against President Trump,” October 22, 2024, 2:42pm.
Mayra Guillen (@@mguilen_), “Wow. I don’t appreciate how you are exploiting my sister’s death for politics,” October 22, 2024, 2:30pm.
George Conway (@gtconway3d), “No one is exploiting your sister’s death here,” October 23, 2024, 10:46am.
Mayra Guillen (@mguilen_), “Is that why the @TheAtlantic is in your bio?” October 23, 2024, 6:27pm.
Attorney Natalie Khawam (@WhistleblowerLF), “After having dealt with hundreds of reporters in my legal career,” October 22, 2024, 5:13pm.
Peter Kafka, “Laurene Powell Jobs and Kamala Harris are coming to Code,” Vox, April 27, 2017.
“Kamala Harris says ‘everybody needs to be woke’ in 2017 video that may haunt her campaign,” New York Post, August 6, 2024.
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