(CNN) Then-President Donald Trump allegedly praised Adolf Hitler during a discussion with his White House chief of staff John Kelly in 2018 while on a trip to Paris to commemorate the armistice after World War I, according to excerpts of an upcoming book, obtained by CNN, from Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender. "Well, Hitler did a lot of good things," Trump reportedly told Kelly, who was explaining to the 45th President who the allies and adversaries were in both World Wars, according to Bender. Trump denied the comments and that the conversation happened when asked about it by Bender. President Trump never said this. It is made up fake news, probably by a general who was incompetent and was fired," Liz Harrington , chief spokeswoman for Trump, told CNN Wednesday.

Source: CNN July 07, 2021 17:48 UTC