Donald Trump's ex-wife once said Trump kept a book of Hitler's speeches by his bed

[ABX]

To be fair, this was when he was a Democrat so that makes it less shocking.

According to a 1990 Vanity Fair interview, Ivana Trump once told her lawyer Michael Kennedy that her husband, real-estate mogul Donald Trump, now a leading Republican presidential candidate, kept a book of Hitler's speeches near his bed.

"Last April, perhaps in a surge of Czech nationalism, Ivana Trump told her lawyer Michael Kennedy that from time to time her husband reads a book of Hitler's collected speeches, My New Order, which he keeps in a cabinet by his bed ... Hitler's speeches, from his earliest days up through the Phony War of 1939, reveal his extraordinary ability as a master propagandist," Marie Brenner wrote....

...When Brenner asked Trump about how he came to possess Hitler's speeches, "Trump hesitated" and then said, "Who told you that?"

"I don't remember," Brenner reportedly replied.

Trump then recalled, "Actually, it was my friend Marty Davis from Paramount who gave me a copy of 'Mein Kampf,' and he's a Jew."...

...Brenner added that Davis did acknowledge that he gave Trump a book about Hitler.

"But it was 'My New Order,' Hitler's speeches, not 'Mein Kampf,'" Davis reportedly said. "I thought he would find it interesting. I am his friend, but I'm not Jewish."...

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-ex-wife-once-said-he-kept-a-book-of-hitlers-speeches-by-his-bed-2015-8#ixzz3k95LTXnb

Godwin's law aside, interesting formulation on where maybe a bit of his speech/rhetoric style comes from who he studied.

[EdinVA]

A 25 year old, 2nd hand story which supposedly originated with an exwife?
Lets go back and see if Trump pooped regular when he was 2, that should make for interesting speculation... geezz

[ABX]

A 25 year old, 2nd hand story which supposedly originated with an exwife?
Lets go back and see if Trump pooped regular when he was 2, that should make for interesting speculation... geezz

Not second hand, keep reading, he confirmed it as did the person who gave it to him.

[mystery-ak]

So....I was once fascinated with WW11 history...I actually read Mein Kampf...Rise and Fall Of The Third Reich...etc...so what does that mean....NOTHING

[ABX]

So....I was once fascinated with WW11 history...I actually read Mein Kampf...Rise and Fall Of The Third Reich...etc...so what does that mean....NOTHING

I read everything. But it doesn't make news, and like it or not, this is now news.

[GourmetDan]

So....I was once fascinated with WW11 history...I actually read Mein Kampf...Rise and Fall Of The Third Reich...etc...so what does that mean....NOTHING

Rut roh... we're going to have to keep a closer eye on you now...     

[DCPatriot]

Who the hell wouldn't want to see videos and read the speeches he made? 

He hypnotized the masses. 

IMO, there'd be something lacking if a person of his means never availed himself to that knowledge.

Anybody who's building a Empire, should know how to get people to follow you.

[Rivergirl]

Evidently some books are to be banned.   

[bkepley]

So....I was once fascinated with WW11 history...I actually read Mein Kampf...Rise and Fall Of The Third Reich...etc...so what does that mean....NOTHING

You actually read Mein Kampf?  Even Albert Speer could not read it.

[mystery-ak]

You actually read Mein Kampf?  Even Albert Speer could not read it.

Yep...many years ago..during my WW11 phase..

[libertybele]

A 25 year old, 2nd hand story which supposedly originated with an exwife?
Lets go back and see if Trump pooped regular when he was 2, that should make for interesting speculation... geezz

I think in all fairness Trump is getting way too much attention.  I think we should be focusing on the Bush dynasty and all their "activities" in politics.