Do You Believe Trump Said " Hitler Did A Lot Of Good Things" ?

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/561798-trump-told-john-kelly-hitler-did-a-lot-of-good-things-book-claims

The allegation is made by WSJ journalist Michael Bender in a forthcoming book.

[ToraToraTora]

very much like the abacus talking about Mao! PMSL!

[sp1814]

Abacus?

Is this another ‘aphorism’?

[ToraToraTora]

Diane Abacus SP:

[ToraToraTora]

So called because of her mathematical genius:

[bednobs]

but abacuses never get adding up wrong :)

[ToraToraTora]

yes, It's meant as Irony nobs!

[ToraToraTora]

[Mozz71]

And here was I thinking this thread was about Trump.

[ichkeria]

No idea.

But if he did it would be nice if he was asked to name them. Or just one.
And why he felt moved to say it in the first place.

If Hitler did “a lot of good things” and Trump also said it, you can be fairly sure it was a coincidence :-)

[youngmafbog]

Well how about animal rights Ich?

It's easy to find something despicable about the man because he was and evil twisted being. But even evil twisted beings will do good things but why not accept he did some good things and just that in balance he was evil?

[sp1814]

TTT

I think I see the problem - if you use in-jokes it would help if there were more than one person (ie. you) in on the joke.

Honestly - I know you can't see it, but it comes across weird.

Like 'Spanner Booby'.

[sp1814]

TTT

Also, if you're going to make up nicknames, they should be capitalised.

[ToraToraTora]

"Spanner Booby" was brilliant wasn't it? SP you've been off world for some time so you may not be aware but "Abacus" has been so called since she said you could get 10000 plods for £300 each!

[ToraToraTora]

no I'm not single, why? sp? what point are you trying to make? Just come out with the insult if you want, I'm used to it.

[Mozz71]

SP, Tora's been happily married to inflatable Maggie T since the mid-80s.


(Don't tell him, but she's been seeing inflatable Nigel F behind his back for several years now)

[jno]

Abbott should have known that police actually cost three hundred thousand and thirty four, nine hundred and seventy four thousand pounds.

[Peter Pedant]

// ynna; are you being serious?//
no she is being something else
ironic possibly - or playing up a spoof or ....

thing is the Fellow Travellers in the thirties did deny the Ukraine Famine - Malcolm Muggeriddge possibly was asked why he had certified the shops were full of cheap socialist goods
and said " we were told they would be there the next week"
erm yes
this is an interesting read
http://www.irishsalem.com/individuals/writers-and-journalists/fellowtravellers-stalinism-childabuse/index.php

[ToraToraTora]

sp1814 please answer my point at 13:34.

[ichkeria]

“ Well how about animal rights Ich? ”

Maybe so.
But the point I was making wasn’t that he never did anything “good”, but that I’d be surprised if Trump knew what it was :-)
There’s also a difference between “Even Hitler must have done SOME good in his large” which is a fair comment even if it would be rather zeroed out by everything else,
And
“You know Hitler, he did a lot of good things” which I could just hear Trump saying, whether he did or not, and which coming from the mouth of the most powerful man in the world would be rather alarming