A White House spokesperson later clarified that the president had based his comments on claims from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman
And many more if you search for it, it was huge scandal back then. Of course not as huge apparently to end the career of bloodthirsty Hitler-absolving Israeli PM.
Sure
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/21/netanyahu-under-fire-for-palestinian-grand-mufti-holocaust-claim
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-accused-of-absolving-hitler-for-holocaust/
And many more if you search for it, it was huge scandal back then. Of course not as huge apparently to end the career of bloodthirsty Hitler-absolving Israeli PM.