Trump Attacks Former Chief of Staff John Kelly

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Trump Lashes Out at John Kelly After Brutal Criticism
by Kaitlin Lewis
Newsweek
10/4/23 AT 9:03 PM EDT
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-lashes-o ... sm-1832226

Former President Donald Trump dismissed his ex-Chief of Staff John Kelly's criticism as "lies" and "fake stories" a day after the former White House official went on the record with CNN, reiterating accounts of Trump's belittling of U.S. troops.

In an exclusive statement published by CNN on Tuesday, Kelly, the longest-serving White House chief of staff under Trump, from 2017 to 2019, reiterated several statements Trump reportedly made behind closed doors attacking U.S. service members and veterans, many of which appeared in a 2020 story by The Atlantic.

Among Trump's statements shared by Kelly included instances where the former president reportedly called service members "losers" and "suckers" because "there is nothing in it for them." The former chief of staff also accused Trump of not wanting to have wounded veterans in his presence because "it doesn't look good for me," and for not being "truthful" about his position on abortion, "on women, on minorities, on evangelical Christians, on Jews, on working men and women."

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Former President Donald Trump, right, is pictured with ex-White House Chief of Staff John Kelly in the Oval Office of the White House on July 31, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Trump shot back at Kelly's criticism from earlier in the week, saying Kelly is "a lowlife with a very small brain." MIKE THEILER-POOL/GETTY IMAGES

In a post to Truth Social Wednesday, Trump called Kelly, "the dumbest of my Military people," adding that Kelly was "incapable of doing a good job, it was too much for him, and I couldn't stand the guy, so I fired him like a 'dog.'"

"He had no heart or respect for people, so I hit him hard—Made no difference to me," Trump continued. "He's already on record defending me all over the place. Nobody loves the Military like I do!"

"He's a Lowlife with a very small brain and a very big mouth," the former president added. "Numerous people are angry and upset because they know they will never be in a new Trump Administration, but only for one reason, they're not nearly good enough. Kelly would be among those at the top of the list!"

Kelly, a retired U.S. Marine Corps general, told CNN that Trump had "no idea what America stands for" and that he "admires autocrats and murderous dictators." He also accused Trump of having "nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution and the rule of law."

"There is nothing more that can be said," Kelly concluded in his statement. "God help us."

In a previous report from The Atlantic, several sources close to Trump shared stories of the former president canceling a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris, France, in 2018, telling his staff, "Why should I go to that cemetery? It's filled with losers."

In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump also reportedly referred to the over 1,800 Marines who were killed in the 1918 Belleau Wood battle as "suckers."

Newsweek reached out to Trump's press team via email for additional comment Wednesday night.

Trump has a habit of attacking his critics over social media, including a recent dig at a New York law clerk that earned him a gag order in the civil fraud lawsuit filed against him by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Special Counsel Jack Smith has also requested that a gag order be placed on Trump's public speech in the federal case accusing the former president of illegally attempting to remain in power after losing to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

Last week, Trump went on a rant about retired U.S. Army General Mark Milley, who seemed to refer to Trump as a "wannabe dictator" during his retirement speech. The former president, who has suggested that Milley would be executed for "treason" in "times gone by," shot back at the former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, calling him "slow moving" in a post to Truth Social.

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Trump LOSES HIS MIND and ATTACKS his Former Chief of Staff
by Ben Meiselas
MeidasTouch
Oct 4, 2023

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s latest attack against the military — this one against his former Chief of Staff and retired Four Star General John Kelly.



Transcript

I'm Ben Meiselas from the Meidastouch
Network Donald Trump just attacked his
former Chief of Staff and retired
fourstar General John Kelly here's what
Donald Trump wrote on his social media
platform Donald Trump has posted
approximately 50 separate threatening
posts about various different things
throughout the day and here is one of
those threatening posts he writes John
Kelly let me just be very clear this was
Donald Trump Trump's former Chief of
Staff John Kelly and a retired fourstar
General who served our nation with
distinction what Donald Trump said John
Kelly by far the dumbest of my military
people just picked up the theme of The
Radical lefts lying about gold star
families and soldiers in his hatred of
me he was incapable of doing a good job
it was too much for him and I couldn't
stand the guy so I fired him like a dog
he had no heart or respect for people so
I hit him hard made no difference to me
he's already on record defending me all
over the place nobody loves the military
like I do now he finally speaks back by
making up fake stories or confirming the
madeup stories of the Dems and radical
left he's a lowlife with a very small
brain and a very big mouth interestingly
before firing him his wife who suffered
a lot told me he would never speak badly
about President Trump wrong did he
totally lie about another lowlife
congresswoman fredri Wilson Let them
fight that one out themselves numerous
people are angry and upset because they
know they will never be in a new Trump
Administration but only for one reason
they're not nearly good enough Kelly
would be among those at the top of the
list Donald Trump is a disgrace Donald
Trump is an absolute traitor how dare he
if that statement doesn't make you livid
I don't know what else will that is
Donald Trump attacking a former fourstar
General and saying that nobody loves the
military as much as Donald Trump When
Donald Trump called people who died
serving our country courageously suckers
and losers Donald Trump who attacked the
service by the late great Senator John
McCain and this is in a string of Donald
Trump posts over the past few days
attacking his former top leadership and
former top military leaders here Donald
Trump attacks the former chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Millie and
Donald Trump attacks his own former
Secretary of Defense Mark esper Donald
Trump writes slow moving and thinking
Mark Millie should never have made those
calls to China's military leadership
does this to together with woke
fool Mark yesper esper exclamation point
who said yes to everything have any idea
how dangerous a situation he put our
country in look at his words stupid and
very dangerous stupid and very dangerous
describes you stupid and very dangerous
is you projecting and confessing to the
danger you put and continue to place our
country in you disgraceful individual
and here of course is the post where
Donald Trump threatened to execute the
former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff Mark Millie Donald Trump wrote
Mark Millie who led perhaps the most
embarrassing moment in American history
with his grossly incompetent
implementation on the withdrawal from
Afghanistan costing many lives Donald
Trump you cut a deal with the Taliban
Mike Pompeo and you freed 5,000 Taliban
soldiers you made a deal with them you
invited them to Camp David and you let
them take over Afghanistan and you
didn't care you were creating chaos for
Vladimir Putin and you just thought you
are going to leave that to President
Biden and that was your way of trying to
screw President Biden who actually took
action to get our troops out of
Afghanistan you cut a deal with the
Taliban and you didn't even bring the
actual Afghan government in and allow
the Taliban to take over that is what
went down. and in this post Donald Trump
talks about how the act by Millie is so
egregious that in Times Gone by the
punishment would have been death
exclamation point a war between China
and the United States could have been
the result of this treasonous act to be
continued exclamation point so after
threatening General Mark Millie former
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
with death Donald Trump then writes to
be continued folks this is a
disgusting despicable IND individual
there's no other way to say it he shames
our country he shames our military he
shames our constitution each and every
day and here is what Donald Trump was
reacting to that John Kelly told CNN
Trump's former Chief of Staff so Donald
Trump who lies about everything lies
about every single thing he's telling us
he's the only one who's telling the
truth here but everybody else people who
actually tell the truth Donald Trump
says they are lying utterly despicable
this is what John Kelly said Trump's
former Chief of Staff said what can I
add that has not already been said Kelly
said when asked if he wanted to weigh in
on his former boss Donald Trump in light
of recent comments made by other former
Trump officials quote this is from
Donald Trump's former Chief of Staff
talking about Donald Trump a person that
thinks those who defend their country in
uniform or are shot down or seriously
wounded in combat or spend years being
tortured as prisoners of War are all
suckers because there is nothing in it
for them a person that did not want to
be seen in the presence of military
amputees because it doesn't look good
for me Trump said a person who
demonstrated open contempt for a gold
star family for all gold star families
on TV during the 2016 campaign and rants
that our most precious Heroes who gave
their lives in America's defense are
losers and wouldn't visit their graves
in France a person who is not truthful
regarding his position on the protection
of unborn life on women on minorities on
Evangelical Christians on Jews on
working men and women Kelly continued a
person that has no idea what America
stands for and has no idea what America
is all about a person who cavalierly
suggests that a selfless Warrior who has
served this country for 40 years in
peace time and War should lose his life
for treason in expectation that someone
will take action a person who admires
autocrats and murderous dictators a
person that has nothing but contempt for
our Democratic institutions our
Constitution and the rule of law
there is nothing more that can be said
John Kelly concluded God help us is what
Donald Trump's former Chief of Staff and
retired fourstar General said about
Donald Trump I played this video before
but let me play it again here is former
chairman of the join Chiefs of Staff
Mark Millie at his farewell ceremony
talking about Donald Trump play the clip
to a country we don't take an O to a
tribe we don't take an oath to a
religion we don't take an oath to a king
or a queen or a tyrant or a dictator and
we don't take an oath to a wannabe
dictator we don't take an oath to an
individual we take an oath to the
Constitution and we take an oath to the
idea that is America and we're willing
to die to protect it every Soldier
sailor Airman Marine guardian and Coast
Guardsman each of us commits our very
life to protect and defend that document
regardless of personal price folks we
have to understand the threat that
Donald Trump poses to our democracy to
our military to our country and we will
keep talking about it here on the MeidasTouch
Network each and every day hit
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