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Former Trump White House staffers back John Kelly on his warning about Trump
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Thirteen more members of the Trump administration penned an open letter backing up former White House chief of staff John Kelly's assertion that Trump fits the definition of a fascist.
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Harris decries Trump after John Kelly says he wanted generals like Hitler's
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Former Trump White House staffers back John Kelly on his warning about Trump
Kelly said Trump was surprised that the uniformed and retired generals he brought on board to work in his administration were loyal to the Constitution instead of him.
Donald Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly has joined a growing list of former Trump administration officials to cast the former president as a threat to the country.
Retired Gen. John Kelly, who served as White House chief of staff in Trump's administration, said former President Trump praised Adolf Hitler's generals for their loyalty, according to new reporting.
John Kelly, a retired Marine general who was Trump's chief of staff, said his former boss fits the definition of a fascist. Now Vice President Harris is running on it.
In interviews published Tuesday, John Kelly warned that Trump meets the definition of a fascist and that while in office he suggested that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “did some good things.”
John Kelly is one of several Trump-era White House officials to publicly criticize their former boss, arguing that Trump is not fit to hold office again.
Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, who is a former general, warned of his former boss’s dictator tendencies in an interview with the New York Times.
Vice President Harris responded to former White House chief of staff John Kelly’s recent remarks that former President Trump fits a ‘fascist’ definition, arguing he has become more unstable and wants unchecked power.
John Kelly, the retired Marine general who was Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, entered the 2024 fray in stunning fashion, saying the former president fits “into the general definition of fascist” and wanted the “kind of generals Hitler had” in a series of interviews published Tuesday.
ASTON, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that she believes that Donald Trump “is a fascist” after his longest-serving chief of staff
In an interview published two weeks before election day, Donald Trump's former chief of staff said he had grave concerns about Trump's fitness for office.
John Kelly, who served as White House chief of staff in the Trump administration, also said his one-time boss had spoken positively about Adolf Hitler while in office.
John Kelly, who once served as Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, believes that the former president is a “fascist” and would seek to rule as a dictator if he returns to office in November, The New York Times reported on Tuesday evening.
