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Former Chief of Staff John Kelly Says Donald Trump ‘Prefers the Dictator Approach’

Mona
in Off-Topic
"In the interview, Kelly aligned Trump with the definition of fascism. “Well, looking at the definition of fascism: It’s 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,” he said. “So certainly, in my experience, those are the kinds of things that he thinks would work better in terms of running America.”

He added, “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 also said Trump did not accept the limitations on the power of the U.S. president while in office. “He certainly prefers the dictator approach to government,” Kelly said. He confirmed that Trump “never accepted the fact that he wasn’t the most powerful man in the world — and by power, I mean an ability to do anything he wanted, anytime he wanted.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/john-kelly-donald-trump-dictator-approach-interview-1235140728/

Comments

  • JD_co
    Trump repeatedly praised Hitler, said Nazi leader ‘did some good things,’ John Kelly says.
  • hank
    Chilling.
  • JD_co
    What's even more chilling is that over 46% of Americans would vote for him, no matter what he spouts. What does that say about this country?
  • hank
    It’s chilling that a respected military leader like Kelly observed such behavior and deemed it sufficiently troubling to reveal it to the NYT. May move a few votes. I’m waiting for GWB to come out. I believe his support for Harris could swing the election. Where is he?
  • CrashCrash
    JD_co said:

    What's even more chilling is that over 46% of Americans would vote for him, no matter what he spouts. What does that say about this country?

    The very point I've been making.
  • CrashCrash
    edited October 24
    hank said:

    It’s chilling that a respected military leader like Kelly observed such behavior and deemed it sufficiently troubling to reveal it to the NYT. May move a few votes. I’m waiting for GWB to come out. I believe his support for Harris could swing the election. Where is he?

    He's on the roof, riding a bike. Chickenshit. Remember what he said after the American Carnage speech, to Hillary? "Well, that was some weird shit."
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