He just has this undying love for iron crosses which is... eyebrow raising, to say the least. Plus with the whole Booker T feud, I'd rather not give him any benefit of the doubt.
Regarding Lars, a while ago HHH liked a tweet basically mocking Sullivan's past, and today he sang Rick James' Super Freak when introducing Lars. So yeah, fair to say Hunter has his targets.
New Day's departure is legit sad and yet they've been treated better than any other group in WWE history. GOATs.