John Kelly, Trump's former chief of staff, expressed concerns about running for re-election shortly before the US election. His views became increasingly popular.
WASHINGTON – By publicly stating that Donald Trump meets the definition of a fascist, his former chief of staff John Kelly has caused a moderate-sized avalanche just days before the US election. Not only did Trump's rival Kamala Harris weigh in on Kelly's statement during a press conference, but now other former Trump staffers have spoken out as well.
This is what the American newspaper published POLITICO On Friday, she was the first to publish an open letter signed by 13 members of the former president's former team, stressing that they were “unfortunately not surprised” by Kelly's statements. The signatories include former members of the press corps such as Anthony Scaramucci, Alyssa Farrah Griffin, and Stephanie Grisham, as well as security professionals such as former Trump aide Mark Harvey and his former national security advisor Olivia Troye.
According to a fascist statement: Former Trump employees warn against former presidents before the US elections
Because they “know and work with Trump,” they also consider that a second Trump term in office would be dangerous, the 13 former employees from Trump’s time as president confirmed. “We are all lifelong Republicans who have served our country. “However, there are moments in history when you must put your country before your party,” the letter read, along with a call to take General Kelly’s warnings seriously.
Among the “disturbing and shocking revelations” Kelly made this week in an interview with The Sun newspaper. New York Times Posted publicly, it includes a statement that Trump lacks understanding and respect for the US Constitution. In addition, the former president made several disparaging comments about members of the armed forces and assured Kelly that Adolf Hitler had done “a lot of good things.”
Warnings of a second term after the US elections: More Republicans oppose Trump
Kelly's public warning against Trump came over his declaration that he might want to use the US military against potential political opponents in the United States – a plan that Trump critics like Kelly say is unconstitutional. Kelly explained in the interview that he had to be dissuaded from similar ideas several times during his tenure as chief of staff from mid-2017 until the end of 2018. New York Times-interview. Trump's current team strongly denies Kelly's statements, and Trump himself called him “scum” in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social.
In addition to the signatories to the open letter, there have recently been loud comments POLITICO Other Republicans have also long opposed Trump and publicly declared their support for Democratic presidential nominee Harris. They include a former member of the House of Representatives from Michigan and the Republican mayor of one of the largest and most influential Republican districts in Wisconsin.
Harris's final days on the US election campaign against Trump: 'increasingly confused and unsettled'
Harris himself also spoke out about Kelly's allegations against Trump during a press appearance and again warned against electing the former president to the most important office in the country. This is what he conveyed Guardian From Harris' appearance before representatives of the international press that Trump was “increasingly confused and unstable” and that people like John Kelly would no longer have influence over him in a second term “to prevent him from pursuing his worst impulses.”
That's what the Harris campaign says it's focused on POLITICO And now also their strategy in the final days of the US election campaign. The Harris team's so-called “focus group” meeting in a swing state showed that undecided voters took Kelly's warnings seriously and had concerns about what would happen if Trump had “uncontrollable power and no one can stop him.” (Saka)
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