Trump responds to ‘lowlife’ John Kelly
Former President Trump slammed his former White House chief of staff, retired Gen. John Kelly, as a “lowlife” and a “total degenerate” in response to Kelly’s recent comments about Trump’s alleged fascination with dictators and interest in unchecked power.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump sought to push back on what he said were false accounts from Kelly about his time in the Trump administration.
“Thank you for your support against a total degenerate named John Kelly, who made up a story out of pure Trump Derangement Syndrome Hatred! This guy had two qualities, which don’t work well together. He was tough and dumb. The problem is his toughness morphed into weakness, because he became JELLO with time! The story about the Soldiers was A LIE, as are numerous other stories he told,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“Even though I shouldn’t be wasting my time with him, I always feel it’s necessary to hit back in pursuit of THE TRUTH,” Trump continued. “John Kelly is a LOWLIFE, and a bad General, whose advice in the White House I no longer sought, and told him to MOVE ON!”
Kelly gave a pair of interviews published this week warning of Trump’s alleged interest in fascist rulers and in the prospect of governing with unchecked power.
In an interview in The New York Times, Kelly said Trump “certainly falls into the general definition of fascist, for sure.” And in a recent interview in The Atlantic, the retired general reportedly said Trump said while in office that he wanted the military to be like “Hitler’s generals” in terms of loyalty.
Vice President Harris’s campaign has seized on the allegations, and she publicly condemned them Wednesday.
“Donald Trump is increasingly unhinged and unstable, and in a second term, people like John Kelly would not be there to be the guardrails against his propensities and his actions,” she said. “The bottom line is this: We know what Donald Trump wants. He wants unchecked power.
“This is a window into who Donald Trump really is. From the people who know him best. From the people who work with him side by side in the Oval Office and in the Situation Room,” she added.
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