John Kelly says Donald Trump meets the definition of a 'fascist'
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 was White House chief of staff during the Trump administration, said in a series of recent interviews that former President Donald Trump spoke positively about Adolf Hitler when he was in office.
The remark, published Tuesday, was made in one of Kelly's interviews with The New York Times. Audio of his comments was made available online.
Kelly first joined the Trump administration as homeland security secretary and later was White House chief of staff from July 2017 until early 2019.
Then-White House chief of staff John Kelly listens as then-President Donald Trump speaks at a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House, on Oct. 5, 2017.Andrew Harrer / Pool via Getty Images file“He commented more than once that, you know, that Hitler did some good things, too,” Kelly said. He also told the New York Times that Trump meets "the general definition of a fascist."
“Certainly the former president is in the far-right area, he’s certainly an authoritarian, admires people who are dictators — he has said that. So he certainly falls into the general definition of fascist, for sure,” Kelly said.
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