A new group of former aides to Donald Trump’s “lifelong Republicans” also added their voices Friday to the chorus of criticism of the Republican candidate’s character and suitability for the White House, announcing earlier this week that his predecessor, John Kelly, voiced support. My boss is a fascist.
“The revelations brought forward by General Kelly are disturbing and shocking, but we know Trump and have worked for and with him. , I am unfortunately not surprised by General Kelly’s comments,” the letter from more than a dozen officials who worked in the Trump administration, first reported by Politico, said.
Among those who signed the letter is Kevin Carroll, a former senior adviser to former military general Kelly, who served as Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff during the Republican president’s first term.
Other signatories to the letter include former White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews, former assistant secretary of homeland security Elizabeth Newman, former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, and former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security Miles Taylor. Included. It turns out he is the author of “Anonymous,” a book that warned of the dangers of Trump’s unruly and undemocratic behavior relatively early in his chaotic administration.
Other signatories include former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, former press secretary to then-Vice President Mike Pence, Alyssa Farrah Griffin, and former national security adviser to then-Vice President Olivia Troy. Includes assistants.
The letter follows an interview in which Kelly told the New York Times that Trump fits the description of a fascist. This came shortly after The Atlantic published an article detailing testimony from former Trump advisers that the then-president wanted a “general like Hitler.” The article also quoted Kelly as saying about Trump’s consistent pattern of disparaging military personnel. The Trump campaign denies these accounts.
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It also comes as former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, former Trump secretaries of defense James Mattis and Mark Esper, and others have weighed in on President Trump’s extremism, erratic behavior, and disregard for the U.S. Constitution. I have received a warning. They include National Security Adviser John Bolton, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and Trump’s own Vice President Mike Pence.
The letter published in Politico continues: “We applaud General Kelly for highlighting in detail the dangers of a second Trump term. Like General Kelly, we did not take the decision to come forward lightly. We all have a lifetime of service to our country. But there are moments in history when you have to put country over party. This is one of those moments when everyone should heed General Kelly’s warning.”
