Trump Claims He’s Never Read ‘Mein Kampf’ After Using Lines From It In His Speeches

Former President Donald Trump faced renewed criticism for his controversial comments about undocumented immigrants, where he suggested that they were “poisoning the blood of our country.” 

Despite comparisons drawn to Adolf Hitler’s language, Trump adamantly denied that he ever read Hitler’s autobiography, Mein Kampf, and defended his remarks.

In a chapter of Hitler’s Mein Kampf, “Race and People,” he wrote, “All the great civilizations of the past became decadent because the originally creative race died out, as a result of contamination of the blood.”

In another passage, he links “the poison which has invaded the national body” to an “influx of foreign blood.”

In a speech he gave in Iowa, Trump reiterated his belief that undocumented immigrants from Africa, Asia and South America were “destroying the blood of our country.”

Trump emphasized his belief that there are health risks posed by undocumented immigrants and suggested that they could introduce diseases into the country. He acknowledged the controversy that surrounded his previous comments and dismissed the connection to Hitler.

He protested that Hitler expressed himself “in a much different way,” although he did not expand on what the differences between the two assertions were.

Despite the criticism and comparisons to Hitler’s rhetoric, Trump and his campaign downplayed the significance of the language used. They rejected the notion that his remarks were racist or xenophobic and dismissed the parallels drawn to Hitler’s denigration of individuals perceived as threats to the Aryan race.

Several Senate Republicans, such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), expressed criticism of Trump’s remarks. However, others, such as Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), embraced the language, and claimed that undocumented immigrants were indeed “poisoning the blood of the country.”

In his Iowa speech, Trump also claimed that leaders from unspecified countries had released prisoners and individuals from mental institutions and sent them to the United States. However, there is no evidence to support this claim.

Additionally, Trump used the opportunity to defend Christians in America and claimed the religious group was under attack by Democrats. He pledged to establish a “federal task force on fighting anti-Christian bias” that would investigate instances of “discrimination, harassment, and persecution” faced by Christians.

Trump has consistently made anti-immigrant sentiments a focal point of his political campaigns. As he pursues a third presidential bid, his tone has grown increasingly harsh.

Singer Cher famously compared Trump to Hitler in the 2016 election when many celebrities were sure to voice their fear at the possibility of four years with Trump as president.

On Wednesday, newly released audio recordings showed that Trump pressured Michigan canvassers to overturn the state’s election results in 2020.