This isn’t the first time Kelly claimed Trump spoke with him about the German dictator. According to Jim Sciutto‘s book The Return of Great Powers, the ex-prez allegedly said Hitler did “good things” for his country.
“I said, ‘Well, what?’ And he said, ‘Well, [Hitler] rebuilt the economy.’ But what did he do with that rebuilt economy? He turned it against his own people and against the world,” an excerpt of the book read. “And I said, ‘Sir, you can never say anything good about the guy. Nothing,’ I mean, Mussolini was a great guy in comparison.”