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John Kelly, Trump's former chief of staff, warns he would govern like a 'fascist' and praised Hitler

Oct 23, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -10% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : "In an interview with the Atlantic also published Tuesday, Kelly recalled Trump saying he needed "German generals" who would be loyal to him.
46% : When Trump picked him to head Homeland Security, and then serve as White House chief of staff, officials from the Pentagon to Capitol Hill expressed hope that he would be one of the "adults in the room" to manage the mercurial and vindictive president.
42% : Harris said the Kelly interview, along with the "enemies from within" comments, show that Trump wants a military that would be more akin to "a personal militia" that is loyal to him personally and would "obey his orders even when he tells them to break the law or abandon their oath to the Constitution of the United States.
26% : "Trump has since expanded on those comments, calling his Democratic opponents a bigger threat to the country than China or Russia.
13% : "Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the Kelly interviews in brief remarks on Wednesday from her official residence, the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., She said the former chief of staff's remarks were further evidence that Trump "is increasingly unhinged and unstable" and that "people like John Kelly would not be there to be the guardrails" against his worst impulses in a second term.
13% : "In his interview with the New York Times, Kelly, whose son was a Marine killed in 2010 while fighting in Afghanistan, confirmed previous reports that Trump had described U.S. soldiers who died on the battlefield as "losers and suckers" and that he was disgusted by physically disabled veterans.
12% : Kamala Harris said John Kelly's remarks were further evidence that Trump "is increasingly unhinged and unstable.

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