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Lindbergh seemed to state that he believed the survival of the [[white race]] was more important than the survival of democracy in Europe: "Our bond with Europe is one of race and not of political ideology," he declared.<ref name="Speeches-1939-40">[http://www.charleslindbergh.com/americanfirst/speech3.asp "Two Historic Speeches, October 13, 1939 & August 4, 1940"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114061134/http://www.charleslindbergh.com/americanfirst/speech3.asp |date=November 14, 2007}}. charleslindbergh.com. Retrieved: January 19, 2011.</ref> Critics have noticed an apparent influence on Lindbergh of German philosopher [[Oswald Spengler]].<ref name="Eagle to Earth">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772983,00.html |title=Eagle to Earth |magazine=Time |date=January 12, 1942 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930072019/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772983,00.html |archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref> Spengler was a conservative [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] popular during the [[interwar period]], though he had fallen out of favor with the Nazis because he had not wholly subscribed to [[Nazi eugenics|their theories]] of [[racial purity]].<ref name="Eagle to Earth" />

In 1938, [[Hermann Goering]] would personally present Lindbergh with a [[Service Cross of the German Eagle]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-08-09/lewis-lapham-goering-s-planes-made-lindbergh-a-nazi-tool|title=Lewis Lapham: Goering’s Planes Made Lindbergh a Nazi Tool|publisher=Bloomberg News|date=August 9, 2013|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lindbergh-fallen-hero/|title=Fallen Hero|publisher=American Experience|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref>

Lindbergh developed a long-term friendship with the automobile pioneer [[Henry Ford]], who was well known for his antisemitic newspaper ''[[The Dearborn Independent]]''. In a famous comment about Lindbergh to [[Detroit]]'s former FBI field office special agent in charge in July 1940, Ford said: "When Charles comes out here, we only talk about the Jews."<ref>Collier and Horowitz 1987, pp. 205 and note, p. 457. The citation is from the FBI file of Harry Bennett.</ref><ref>Hoberman, J. [http://www.forward.com/article/4269/ "Fantasies of a Fascist America"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504154135/http://www.forward.com/article/4269/ |date=May 4, 2008}}. ''[[The Forward]]'', October 1, 2004. Retrieved: April 5, 2010.</ref>