According to a book extract published in the New Yorker, Donald Trump wanted the generals at the Pentagon to be like Nazi Germany’s generals during World War II. This claim has been made by him numerous times. He had had unpleasant conversations with Kelly and Selva.
Conversion with John Kelly
During a conversation with former Marine Corps general John Kelly, who served as his then-White House chief of staff. He reportedly lamented the lack of generals that resembled their German equivalents.
An amazed Kelly remarked that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was nearly assassinated by his military officers three times. According to the New Yorker extract from Peter Baker and Susan Glasser’s new The Divider: Trump in the White House.
Trump responded by denying this and asserting that they were faithful to him and seemed to be ignorant of the efforts. And This included Claus von Stauffenberg’s plot to assassinate Hitler using a bomb inside his Wolf’s Lair field headquarters in July 1944.
Kelly allegedly informed Trump that no American general upholds absolute loyalty to a leader. Instead, they make the same military oath as all others, promising to “support and defend the United States Constitution against every enemy, foreign and domestic.”
Trump insisted on having a comparable military parade to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday. However, his cabinet staff lacked enthusiasm, which led to conflict.
A French officer in charge of the Bastille Day parade in Paris in 2017 reportedly leaned toward one of his American peers in Trump’s entourage and stated that they were going to do it next year. The concept got planted.
Thoughts of James Mattis
James Mattis, the defence secretary and a former Marine Corps general, said that he rather drank acid. Subsequently, he said that a similarly extravagant military parade was impractical due to costs and concerns that tanks would destroy Washington’s streets.
The publication claims that the topic came up frequently. Trump used to fawningly refer to the military advisers as “my generals”. Anyhow with each blowback, his enthusiasm for them waned.
Trump appears stunned
Kelly and Paul Selva, the joint chiefs of staff’s vice chairman at the time, engaged in a conversation. In which he seemed astonished by their lack of support.
In an interview with the magazine, Trump claimed that these individuals were incredibly untalented. No sooner once he understood this than he turned instead to the system’s actual generals and admirals.
