New report from The Atlantic reveals Trump said ‘I need the kind of generals that Hitler had’

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🗓️ 23 October 2024

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Tonight on The ReidOut, Joy Reid leads with Vice President Harris sitting down with NBC News to discuss the high stakes in the upcoming presidential election. We also cover Donald Trump’s reliance on Elon Musk for his get-out-the-vote effort and what Musk might demand if Trump wins. Plus, one of Trump’s most controversial promises is to use police and the National Guard to detain and deport millions of undocumented immigrants. We break down what that could actually look like. Listen now.

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0:00.0	Night on the readout. The American people are at this point two weeks out
0:08.7	being presented with a very very serious decision about what will be the future of our country.
0:17.0	Vice President Harris interviewed today by NBC News on the very high stakes in the presidential
0:25.6	election. Also tonight Trump is entrusting Elon Musk with his get-out-the-vote
0:31.0	effort. We will explore just what Musk will demand in return
0:36.7	if Trump wins.
0:38.3	Plus, it is one of Trump's most appalling promises
0:41.8	that he will use police and the National Guard to hunt down,
0:46.3	detain, and deport millions of undocumented immigrants.
0:51.9	We'll talk about what that would actually look like.
0:58.7	But we begin tonight with yet another reminder of just how low Trump can go, particularly when it comes to this
1:05.2	country's servicemen and women. The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, who just four years
1:10.3	ago broke the news that Donald Trump described American fallen soldiers as suckers and losers.
1:16.0	Has a brand new piece out tonight that lays out stunning new details about the extent of
1:22.4	Trump's megalomania and disregard for
1:25.7	American military and structure. First he gets Trump's former chief of staff
1:30.4	John Kelly to go on the record and confirm that Trump did ask him why
1:35.8	his generals weren't more like German generals. Kelly tells Goldberg that he
1:41.5	asked Trump to clarify saying quote quote do you mean the Kaiser's general?
1:45.6	Surely you can't mean Hitler's generals to which Trump said yeah yeah
1:50.7	Hitler's generals.
1:53.2	Goldberg explains that much of Trump's disdain for members of the US military
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