Former general on Donald Trump. Kamala Harris comments

Democratic presidential candidate, vice president Kamala Harris commented on John Kelly's interviews with The New York Times and The Atlantic published on Tuesday evening.

Kelly in the administration Donald Trump he first headed the Department of Homeland Security and later served as White House chief of staff. He told the New York Times that he decided to give the interview after Trump suggested the possibility of using the army to suppress possible riots, for example on the day of the presidential elections (they will take place on November 5 – ed.). When asked whether the former president was a fascist, the retired general replied that he fits “the general definition of a fascist.”

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– John Kelly, a retired four-star general, confirmed that when Donald Trump was president, he said he wanted generals like Adolf Hitler. He said this because he doesn't want a military loyal to the US Constitution. He wants an army loyal to him. He wants a military that will be loyal to him personally, one that will follow his orders, even when he tells them to break the law or violate their oath of allegiance to the United States Constitution, Harris said during a brief appearance on the White House grounds.

She recalled Trump's recent interview in which he suggested using the military against riots caused by “domestic enemies.”

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– All this is further proof for Americans of who Donald Trump really is. It's proof of who Donald Trump really is from the people who know him best, from the people who worked side by side with him in the Oval Office and the Situation Room. And it's clear from John Kelly's words that Donald Trump is someone who, quote, “certainly fits the general definition of a fascist,” Harris said.

However, she added that unlike Trump's first term, in his second term he would have no restrictions and no one to restrain his “worst impulses.” – At the end of the day, it looks like this: we know what Donald Trump wants. He wants unlimited power. The question in 13 days will be what Americans want, concluded the vice president.

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Kelly is one of many former Trump subordinates who did not endorse him this year and warned voters against voting for him. In addition to Kelly, Trump was also called a fascist by the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, and the former chief Pentagon General James Mattis.

His former national security advisers John Bolton and HR McMaster, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, former Pentagon chief Mark Esper and former vice president spoke about the dangers of a second term for the Republican candidate. Mike Pence.

Kelly confirmed earlier reports that the former president claimed “more than once” that Adolf Hitler “did some good things, too.” He also confirmed that Trump had repeatedly referred to veterans and fallen soldiers as “suckers” and dupes, and that he did not want to be photographed with soldiers who had lost limbs.

– The former president is certainly on the extreme right, he is certainly authoritarian, he admires people who are dictators – he said it himself. So he certainly fits the general definition of a fascist, that's for sure,” Kelly said. He added that he was surprised and never accepted it when it was explained to him that his subordinates were primarily loyal to the constitution, and not to him.

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In an interview with The Atlantic, Kelly also said that Trump asked him in frustration “why his generals can't be like German generals.” When Kelly asked if he meant Bismarck's generals or the German emperor, Trump replied that he meant Hitler's generals.

Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung denied the general was telling the truth and said Kelly “made a clown of himself.”