Harris berates ‘unhinged’ Trump over Hitler remarks

Kamala Harris says Donald Trump is “increasingly unhinged,” and calls her US election rival’s reported praise for Adolf Hitler “incredibly dangerous” as campaigning intensified ahead of the November 5 vote.

The Democrat’s fierce criticism came as she headed to must-win Pennsylvania to face voters’ questions in a town hall and as Trump campaigned in battleground Georgia.

With the tight election going down to the wire, both candidates are on a mission to persuade the sliver of American voters who remain undecided in the home stretch.

In a dramatic campaign season, the latest twist was revelations by Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, retired US Marine general John Kelly about the Republican’s admiration for the Nazi dictator and his military in World War II.

Kelly told The New York Times that Trump had remarked that “Hitler did some good things too” and that instead of the US military he “wanted generals like Adolf Hitler had.”

Harris is quick to respond, delivering a statement outside her vice presidential residence in Washington.

“It’s deeply troubling and incredibly dangerous that Donald Trump would invoke Adolf Hitler, the man who is responsible for the deaths of six million Jews and hundreds of thousands of Americans,” she says.

“All this is further evidence for the American people of who Donald Trump really is.”

Trump’s camp hit back, saying Harris is “desperate because she is flailing, and her campaign is in shambles.”

“That is why she continues to peddle outright lies and falsehoods that are easily disproven,” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung says in a statement.

When asked whether US President Joe Biden agrees with Kelly’s assessment that Trump is a fascist, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre was unequivocal.

“Do we agree about that determination? Yes we do,” she says.