Trump admires Hitler, is like a 'fascist' who would rule like a dictator, says John Kelly
Trump and Kelly
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump finds himself stuck in a tough situation after his longest-serving White House chief of staff, John Kelly told the New York Times that he praised Adolf Hitler on several occasions.
Kelly did a series of audio interviews with the NYT and raised concerns that Trump would rule like a dictator if he is re-elected to the White House in November. He told the publication that Trump told him, "Hitler did some good things".
He further confirmed reports that he spoke well of the Nazi leader more than once.
Kelly further stated that the former president fits the 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 told the NYT.
Kelly held the post of Homeland Security Secretary under Trump and later moved to the White House in July 2017.
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Trump's campaign responded to the allegations, with his spokesperson Steven Cheung telling Axios that Kelly "has totally beclowned himself with these debunked stories he has fabricated."
Trump doesn't understand the Constitution: Kelly
He also alleged that Trump holds no understanding of the Constitution. Kelly told NYT that after taking over as Trump's chief of staff in 2017, he had to explain to him that government officials had taken an oath to the Constitution and it was bigger than loyalty to a person.
Kelly said that Trump was left surprised when he was told about it, and could not believe that "those of us who were former generals and certainly people still on active duty — that the commitment, the loyalty was to the Constitution, without question, without a second thought."
He went on to worsen things for Trump by reiterating his earlier comments made to CNN about reports that Trump had labelled Americans who died in World War I "suckers" and "losers". He stressed that he said this on more than one occasion.
