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According to CNN reports, Pentagon brass met recently to discuss and plan how to override President Trump’s 47 orders. This smells like treason. The military-industrial complex is infuriated that the first president in 40 years who did not start a war while in office has returned to power. This latest report that the failed Pentagon brass who surrendered to the illiterate Taliban barbarians, donated billions of dollars in US weapons, and abandoned Bagram Air Force Base, are plotting against Trump 47 is not a complete surprise. Retired General Mark Milley, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, openly...

GOP veep pick JD Vance on Sunday went head to head with CNN host Jake Tapper over former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric and the fact that some former top aides have called him a “fascist.” “State of the Union’s” Tapper came out of the gate grilling Vance on Trump’s remarks about an “enemy from within” and retired Gen. John Kelly’s suggestion that his onetime boss fits “into the general definition of fascist.” Vance, 40, in turn belittled Trump turncoats such as Kelly and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as warmongers, which led to Tapper, 55, to drill down on the...

The "Trump is Hitler" smear only shows Democrats are panicking Make no mistake. The "Trump is Hitler" strategy isn't just meant to smear Donald Trump, it's also the hope of many Democrats that a third potential assassin will have better luck than the previous two. It's an admission that they believe they're losing. Barack Obama made "Trump is Hitler" possible by legalizing government propaganda For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government's mammoth broadcasting arm and its allies in the corporate media from delivering federal government programming to American audiences. Obama fixed that -- at least from his...

CNN.com - Transcripts Aired October 22, 2024 - 22:00 ET This is a rush transcript. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. Scott Jennings, CNN senior political commentator: I think, first of all, I don't know John Kelly, but I agree. I think he's an honorable person. His family and his son certainly made the ultimate sacrifice for the country. So, he certainly earned an opinion here. And he's earned a political opinion. But I think like everything else with Donald Trump, opinions vary, whether you're coming out of the military or the private...

Former President Donald Trump and previous members of his administration say that claims made by former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly are “patently false.”Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general, worked for the Trump administration from 2017 to 2019. He has spoken out multiple times against Trump during the election—most recently in interviews with The New York Times and The Atlantic.In those interviews, Kelly said Trump fitted the general definition of a fascist and alleged that the former president said he wanted “German generals,” like Nazi leader Adolph Hitler had.Several members of the Trump administration, including former Vice President...

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Well, folks, the Deep State is getting nervous. With about two weeks until Election Day, they’ve been unable to stop President Trump’s momentum, and God knows they’ve tried, and now he’s sitting in a strong position to retake the White House. That means our political “elites” are scrambling, reaching into their bag of dusty old tricks to paint Trump as some evil figure with a Hitler obsession and a twisted hatred for Latina murder victims.This latest round of absurd (debunked) attacks comes courtesy of The Atlantic—a left-wing rag owned by Steve Jobs’ widow—in collaboration with TDS-afflicted former US General John...

Kelly’s sensational claims about the president highlight his incompetence, mismanagement, and contempt for the chain of command. No one knows former Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly better than I do. This bitter, bullying coward should be cast into the dustbin of history for once again smearing Donald Trump, just days before the most important election in modern American history. It may seem reasonable to assume a four-star general would make a good chief of staff, but that assumption is deeply flawed. Kelly invariably hated those closest to Trump. As chief of staff, he single-handedly turned Trump allies into bitter...

“ Thirteen former Trump administration officials released an open letter on Friday amplifying warnings from John F. Kelly, Donald J. Trump’s longest-serving White House chief of staff, that the former president would rule like a dictator if he returned to office.” ……………. “The letter, organized on Wednesday after Mr. Kelly’s comments were published in The Times on Tuesday, was signed by several outspoken Harris supporters, including two who gave speeches at the Democratic National Convention: Stephanie Grisham, a former Trump White House press secretary, and Olivia Troye, who was an adviser to Mr. Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence. Other signers...

Accusations from a former Trump chief of staff meant to derail his presidential campaign were defused by a vehement denial from the former chief of staff to Mike Pence. Retired Marine General John Kelly said that former President Donald Trump had praised Adolf Hitler's military and wished that he had the same. He also said Trump met the definition of a fascist and would govern as a dictator if elected a second time. The media ran wild with the claims in an attempt to damage the Trump presidential campaign. "He certainly prefers the dictator approach to government," Kelly said. But...

"I am disappointed that he hasn't embraced Kamala Harris," Anderson said, referring to the silence from Kelly and other former Trump officials regarding endorsements. "When they took a political job, like being Trump's chief of staff, they lost the right to remain neutral." Anderson added that he wished Kelly would fully support Harris over Trump, something he has not yet done. "His view is that the general and flag officer corps of the United States military should stay out of partisan politics as much as possible, and I believe he is reluctant to endorse any politician," he said. However,...

VIDEOThey hated him. They despised him. They called him a racist. That was the general attitude of liberals back in 2017 when John Kelly was Donald Trump's chief of staff. And yet the liberals now love John Kelly. What changed? Simple, John Kelly, after conveniently waiting over five years until just days before the 2024 election, is now calling Trump a dangerous fascist. See, all someone absolutely hated by liberals needs to do to win the love of liberals is to attack Trump. Looking at YOU, Dick Cheney.

Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, who was Donald Trump's longest-serving White House chief of staff, has warned that his former boss, if elected again, would govern like a dictator, that he lacks empathy, and that he has no understanding of the U.S. Constitution.

Vice President Harris is holding a press conference Wednesday morning to react to reporting that former President Trump once praised Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The comments, reported by The Atlantic, came from a recent interview with retired Gen. John Kelly, who served as White House chief of staff under the Trump administration. Kelly alleged that Trump lauded Hitler’s generals for their loyalty. His comments confirmed reporting from a book that quoted the former president asking Kelly: “Why can’t you be like the German generals?” The Trump campaign has denied the claims. Her remarks are expected to begin at 11:30 a.m....

As US allies reel from Donald Trump’s weekend comments encouraging Russia to attack European allies if they don’t meet NATO budget contribution goals, multiple former Trump advisers warn in my upcoming book that the former president will seek to formally withdraw the US from the NATO alliance if he wins a second term. In “The Return of Great Powers”, which will be published March 12, a former senior US official, who served in both the Trump and Biden administrations at a high level, told me that if Trump defeats President Joe Biden in November “the US will be out of...

Three women who worked in former President Donald Trump’s administration bleakly warned voters against returning him to the White House in 2024. They cautioned that he poses a grave threat to American democracy and some even mused about backing the Democrat option should Trump lock down the GOP nod. “Everyone who was in the West Wing, and frankly, a lot of Cabinet secretaries, they know how dangerous Trump is,” former White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffin told ABC’s “This Week.” “This is not about politics. It’s not about policy. It is about the character of the man.” Griffin was...

Going on record to confirm stories of Donald Trump’s contempt for wounded and killed US soldiers and their families, and commenting on the former president’s suggestion a top general should be killed, the former marines general and White House chief of staff John Kelly took in Trump’s commanding lead in the Republican primary and said: “God help us.” “What can I add that has not already been said?” Kelly, who was also homeland security secretary under Trump, told CNN on Monday. Much of what has already been said about Trump’s attitude to the US military is widely thought to have...

Remember back when the left-leaning elite media claimed former President Donald Trump made disparaging remarks about wounded veterans? Well, since it appears they have nothing else to do, they are resurrecting that particular false narrative.AdvertisementFormer White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, who served under Trump, gave an exclusive interview to CNN in which he “confirmed” that the former president had referred to wounded veterans as “losers” and “suckers.”Kelly set the record straight with on-the-record confirmation of a number of damning stories about statements Trump made behind closed doors attacking US service members and veterans, listing a number of objectionable...

John F. Kelly, who served as former President Donald J. Trump’s second White House chief of staff, said in a sworn statement that Mr. Trump had discussed having the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies investigate two F.B.I. officials involved in the investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia. Mr. Kelly said that his recollection of Mr. Trump’s comments to him was based on notes that he had taken at the time in 2018. Mr. Kelly provided copies of his notes to lawyers for one of the F.B.I. officials, who made the sworn statement public in a court filing....

Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” that former White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly saved the country several times from former President Donald Trump’s “recklessness” and “lack of intellectual curiosity.” Guest anchor John Berman said, “So, in this post, we’re talking about today, you saw the former president attack Bill Barr, John Bolton, Mick Mulvaney. In a separate one, he went after someone you worked with briefly in the White House, former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, calling Kelly weak, ineffective, born with a very small brain....