Donald Trump: «I've never read Mein Kampf»

Donald Trump defended his claims that migrants are 'poisoning the blood'; USA Photo: SCOTT MORGAN/REUTERS

Donald Trump denies ever reading Mein Kampf as he ramps up anti-immigrant rhetoric that has been compared to Adolf Hitler's infamous «blood and soil» propaganda.

Speaking at a rally in Iowa surrounded by Christmas trees topped with “Make America Great Again” hats, Trump defended his claims that migrants are “poisoning the blood” of America.

“It’s true. They are destroying the lifeblood of our country,” Trump said at a rally yesterday, before distancing himself from the rhetoric used by Hitler in the run-up to World War II.

“They do not destroy the blood of our country.” I liked it when I said that. I have never read Mein Kampf,” he added, noting that Hitler used the language “in a completely different way.”

Mr Trump added that migrants could “bring diseases that will spread into our country». country.»

Joe Biden administration officials said the comments — and Trump's claims that migrants were vermin — echoed Hitler.

An email from Biden's presidential campaign said: «Donald Trump echoes autocrats like Hitler and Mussolini in arguing that immigrants “poisoning the blood of our country,” and calling their political enemies “parasites.”

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In Mein Kampf, Hilter wrote: “All the great cultures of the past perished only because the original creative race died out from blood poisoning «.

«Racist, xenophobic and despicable»

The allegations have dogged Mr. Trump since a 1990 Vanity Fair article.

An article that appeared in recent days mentioned Mr. Trump's first wife, Ivana Trump, who reportedly said her husband kept a book of Hitler's speeches in his bedside table.

Despite criticism, Trump has repeatedly repeated these claims.

In September, Trump also used the term «blood poisoning» during an interview with The National Pulse, a right-wing web site. -site.

The comments prompted a backlash from the Anti-Defamation League, whose leader, Jonathan Greenblatt, called the language «racist, xenophobic and despicable.»

Mr Trump has vowed to stop illegal immigration and limit legal immigration if elected. a second four-year term.

< p>Mr. Trump was in Iowa ahead of the state's first Republican nominating contest on Jan. 15.

During the rally, Trump also accused Biden and the Democrats of being “willing to violate the US Constitution at a level never seen before in order to win this election.”

“Joe Biden is a threat to democracy, he is a threat,” he continued. «They're using law enforcement as a weapon to interfere in high-level elections because we're beating them so badly in the polls.»