{"id":117486,"date":"2024-10-23T15:43:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T08:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117486"},"modified":"2024-10-23T15:43:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T08:43:46","slug":"john-kelly-says-donald-trump-fits-fascist-definition-and-prefers-dictator-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117486","title":{"rendered":"John Kelly says Donald Trump fits \u2018fascist\u2019 definition and prefers \u2018dictator approach\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l4q75i004p2cqf7rfpe8cp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            John Kelly, the retired Marine general who was Donald Trump\u2019s White House chief of staff, entered the 2024 fray in stunning fashion, saying the former president fits \u201cinto the general definition of fascist\u201d and wanted the \u201ckind of generals Hitler had\u201d in a series of interviews published Tuesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l6yeq500123b6mgan7rkvq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kelly\u2019s comments, two weeks from Election Day, are the latest in a line of warnings from former Trump White House aides about how he views the presidency and would exercise power if returned to office.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l6wwsh00103b6mujlsvtk2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In addition to the fascist comments, Kelly \u2014 who was Trump\u2019s chief of staff from 2017 to 2019 \u2014 told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/22\/us\/politics\/john-kelly-trump-fitness-character.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> that the former president \u201ccertainly prefers the dictator approach to government.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l4q8k400003b6mudo879sa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He also confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2024\/10\/trump-military-generals-hitler\/680327\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Atlantic<\/a> that Trump had said he wished his military personnel showed him the same deference Adolf Hitler\u2019s Nazi generals showed the German dictator during World War II, and recounted the moment.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l76hg000153b6mgwqlcop3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201c\u2018Do you mean Bismarck\u2019s generals?\u2019\u201d Kelly told The Atlantic he\u2019d asked Trump. He added, \u201cI mean, I knew he didn\u2019t know who Bismarck was, or about the Franco-Prussian War. I said, \u2018Do you mean the kaiser\u2019s generals? Surely you can\u2019t mean <em>Hitler\u2019s <\/em>generals?\u2019 And he said, \u2018Yeah, yeah, Hitler\u2019s generals.\u2019 I explained to him that Rommel had to commit suicide after taking part in a plot against Hitler.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l76vx300183b6m5u8g7ss8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump\u2019s campaign denied the exchange. \u201cThis is absolutely false. President Trump never said this,\u201d campaign adviser Alex Pfeiffer said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7of3t002v3b6myfbx87ua@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But Democrats quickly seized on the comments. Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, said Tuesday night at a rally in Wisconsin that the reported comments about Hitler\u2019s generals \u201cmakes me sick as hell.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7qcw600303b6mlnft348e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cFolks, the guardrails are gone. Trump is descending into this madness \u2014 a former president of the United States and the candidate for president of the United States says he wants generals like Adolf Hitler had,\u201d said Walz, who served in the Army National Guard.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/cm2ldn60k00013b6mrvpa077w@published\" data-component-name=\"video-resource\" data-editable=\"settings\" class=\"video-resource\" data-fixed-ratio=\"16x9\" data-parent-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/cm2lciq4u00003b6mibmkwckd@published\" data-video-id=\"me38dcdde5161f801f0e3e33de54744acd4cc812b1\" data-media-id=\"me38dcdde5161f801f0e3e33de54744acd4cc812b1\" data-live=\"\" data-analytics-aggregate-events=\"true\" data-custom-experience=\"\" data-asset-type=\"hlsTs\" data-auth-type=\"none\" data-content-type=\"mediasource-clip\" data-medium-env=\"\" data-autostart=\"disabled\" data-show-ads=\"true\" data-source=\"CNN\" data-featured-video=\"true\" 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data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7bw74001i3b6m761kjxp7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump has mused in recent speeches and interviews about turning the US military on political rivals he has referred to as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/13\/politics\/trump-military-enemy-from-within-election-day\/index.html\">the \u201cenemy within\u201d<\/a> \u2014 comments that Harris has pointed to as evidence that the former president is \u201cunhinged\u201d and poses a danger to democratic values.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7axka001e3b6mzdtlzy1m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis is a democracy,\u201d she told Fox News last week. \u201cAnd in a democracy, the president of the United States \u2013 in the United States of America \u2013 should be willing to be able to handle criticism without saying he would lock people up for doing it.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7dolb001n3b6mr9a8gzdb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Times reported Kelly criticized Trump\u2019s \u201cenemy within\u201d comments, saying that \u201ceven to say it for political purposes to get elected \u2014 I think it\u2019s a very, very bad thing, let alone actually doing it.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l4ud5l00063b6mzeg6va9n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The newspaper reported that in a recorded interview, Kelly was asked whether the former president met the definition of a fascist and responded by reading aloud a definition he\u2019d found online.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l4ud5l00073b6m0qts206q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWell, looking at the definition of fascism: It\u2019s a far-right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cSo certainly, in my experience, those are the kinds of things that he thinks would work better in terms of running America.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" 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So he certainly falls into the general definition of fascist, for sure.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7dnrb001l3b6mf6yy59en@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kelly told the Times that Trump \u201cnever accepted the fact that he wasn\u2019t the most powerful man in the world \u2014 and by power, I mean an ability to do anything he wanted, anytime he wanted.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7fc81001s3b6m72flwscj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI think he\u2019d love to be just like he was in business \u2014 he could tell people to do things and they would do it, and not really bother too much about whether what the legalities were and whatnot,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7fc81001t3b6m03590psw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He also said Trump didn\u2019t understand the Constitution or the values on which the nation was built, and that it \u201cwas a new concept for him\u201d that top government officials\u2019 loyalty was to the Constitution, not the president personally.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l4ud5l000a3b6mpg87p3mf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement that Kelly had \u201ctotally beclowned himself with these debunked stories he has fabricated because he failed to serve his President well while working as Chief of Staff and currently suffers from a debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/cm2lfysrt00013b6m2p9yqc97@published\" data-component-name=\"video-resource\" data-editable=\"settings\" class=\"video-resource\" data-fixed-ratio=\"16x9\" data-parent-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/cm2l6xruz00043b6maavcgwru@published\" data-video-id=\"mee44999be93a21bd785ab902e1e00299af78a2fb4\" data-media-id=\"mee44999be93a21bd785ab902e1e00299af78a2fb4\" data-live=\"\" data-analytics-aggregate-events=\"true\" data-custom-experience=\"\" data-asset-type=\"hlsTs\" data-auth-type=\"none\" data-content-type=\"mediasource-clip\" data-medium-env=\"\" data-autostart=\"disabled\" data-show-ads=\"true\" data-source=\"CNN\" data-featured-video=\"true\" data-headline=\"Journalist who spoke to Gen. 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John Kelly on the record describes interview\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l4ud5l000b3b6m2h54i3hz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kelly also told The Times that Trump had praised Hitler.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7fauf001q3b6ma4e5cx7u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHe commented more than once that, \u2018You know, Hitler did some good things, too,\u2019\u201d Kelly said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7l7l700253b6mewvrml57@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kelly\u2019s comments to the newspaper were published the same day The Atlantic reported that Trump had praised Hitler\u2019s generals for their loyalty.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7l7l700263b6ms6jmmzzb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI need the kind of generals that Hitler had,\u201d Trump said during a private conversation at the White House when he was president, The Atlantic reported. \u201cPeople who were totally loyal to him, that follow orders.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7qc67002y3b6mgr7mmwvh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, told CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday night that Trump\u2019s admiration of Hitler was perhaps the \u201cmost shocking\u201d thing Kelly heard in the White House.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7t8zo00373b6m7oubueqf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cRemember, Donald Trump, throughout his presidency, was frustrated by the generals \u2014 or \u2018my generals,\u2019 as he called them \u2026 because they wouldn\u2019t sort of mindlessly listen to him or follow his orders,\u201d Goldberg said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7l7l700273b6mibd0l59l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            American military officers, such as generals, swear an oath to the Constitution and not the commander in chief.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7kvyl00233b6m875wsw6x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump has reportedly made similar comments about Hitler and his generals.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l8930y003b3b6m27rhwmpl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN\u2019s Jim Sciutto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/11\/politics\/trump-despots-advisers-sound-alarm?cid=ios_app\">previously reported<\/a> in his book \u201cThe Return of Great Powers\u201d that Trump allegedly praised Hitler saying, \u201cHitler did some good things,\u201d according to Kelly.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7t8do00353b6mxuh4cw5f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHe said, \u2018Well, but Hitler did some good things.\u2019 I said, \u2018Well, what?\u2019 And he said, \u2018Well, [Hitler] rebuilt the economy.\u2019 But what did he do with that rebuilt economy? He turned it against his own people and against the world. And I said, \u2018Sir, you can never say anything good about the guy. Nothing,\u2019\u201d Kelly recounted to Sciutto. \u201cI mean, Mussolini was a great guy in comparison.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l8ino0003g3b6mkx20vbc4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s pretty hard to believe he missed the Holocaust, though, and pretty hard to understand how he missed the 400,000 American GIs that were killed in the European theater,\u201d Kelly told Sciutto. \u201cBut I think it\u2019s more, again, the tough guy thing.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l890jq00393b6ms9pd1std@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A book published in 2022 also reported Trump told Kelly, \u201cWhy can\u2019t you be like the German generals?\u201d The comments by Trump when he was president were reported in \u201cThe Divider: Trump in the White House,\u201d by reporters Peter Baker and Susan Glasser.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7m94t002c3b6mgzbq5c4a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kelly confirmed the exchange with Trump to The Atlantic.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7m7sy002a3b6mzcdvblk7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The article lays out a series of stories that The Atlantic uses to illustrate Trump\u2019s views on the military and his desires for how it should perform under his command. In addition to recounting the former president\u2019s musings on the loyalty of Nazi generals, The Atlantic also reported Trump was furious when told how much the funeral for a fallen servicemember cost after he had volunteered to pay for it.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7mpvg002h3b6mvz4t33an@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Atlantic reported that that Trump told the family of Fort Hood Pfc. Vanessa Guillen, who was bludgeoned to death with a hammer in the armory room where she worked, that he would pay for the funeral costs but never did.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7mpvg002i3b6mtft7g7o2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            When he received the $60,000 bill, the Atlantic reported \u2013 citing two people present at the meeting and the notes of someone at the meeting \u2013 Trump said, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f\u2013king Mexican!\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7mpvg002j3b6mcjw863ux@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump told his then-chief of staff Mark Meadows and directed him not to pay the funeral bill. Later in the day, Trump reportedly said, \u201cF\u2013king people, trying to rip me off.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2l7mpvg002k3b6msn0yme16@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cPresident Donald Trump never said that. 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