Trump calls John Kelly a ‘marshmallow’ and thinks Jack Smith should be ‘kicked out of the country’
Donald Trump called his former White House chief of staff John Kelly a “stupid person” and “weak” inside after he came out and publicly said his former boss met the definition of “fascism.”
Trump commented on John Castimatidis’ statement WABC radio show in New York, where he issued a new threat against Special Prosecutor Jack Smith.
The threat came in response to a question about illegal immigration. Trump called for the “murderers, the killers and the mentally disturbed people to get out” — prompting him to suddenly reverse Smith, who is leading the Jan. 6 case against him.
“We have to throw Jack Smith out with them, the mentally disturbed people. Jack Smith should be considered mentally ill. He should be deported.”
That led to an interruption from Castimatidis, who suddenly remembered the question he had forgotten earlier in the broadcast. ‘I remember! I remember!’ he exclaimed.
The question was whether Trump considered it a “treason” by whoever allowed 13,000 murderers into the country.
Former President Donald Trump called former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general, a “marshmallow.”
Trump did not use the term, but immediately said that the one who “took charge” was political rival VP Kamala Harris.
His comments about expelling the prosecutor leading the case against him follow Harris claiming in a CNN town hall that Trump has an “enemies list,” citing his call for “retaliation.”
Trump said this week that he would immediately fire Smith if elected, which would effectively end the Jan. 6 case and the classified documents case, in which Smith is appealing the order of a Trump-appointed judge.
Trump’s comments about Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general, were scathing and came after Kelly told the New York Times that Trump had told him more than once: “You know, Hitler did some good things too.” ‘
Trump defrauded former White House chief of staff John Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general. “He was tough, but he ended up being a marshmallow,” Trump said
Vice President Kamala Harris responded to Kelly’s comments and brought it up at a CNN town hall
He also said Trump met the textbook definition of fascism. “Well, looking at the definition of fascism, it is a far-right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, coercive suppression of opposition and belief in a natural social hierarchy,” he said . “So in my experience, these are certainly the kinds of things that he thinks would work better when it comes to governing America,” he said.
Trump criticized Kelly, his longest-serving chief who left office in January 2019, while saying people he fired always had an incentive to talk to newspapers.
“John Kelly was a stupid person. He was a stiff. He had nothing. He had very little.”
Then Trump said he had “two things: He was tough, but he ended up being a marshmallow.”
‘He was as weak as anyone I ever saw. But he was a bully,” Trump said.
‘I quickly realized I didn’t like him and stopped paying attention.
‘I saw him lie when he was in administration. I really loved it,” Trump said. “I have so many things about that man. But I don’t want to waste a lot of time on that,” he said just before repeating his attack.
“John Kelly was a man of fairly low intelligence, a tough guy who became a marshmallow.”
Trump also went after his former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who has also publicly spoken out against Trump. “Yesper was a week – I call him ‘Yesper’ because he said yes to everything,” Trump said. He called him ‘weak and ineffective’.
Kamala Harris and her campaign have tried to make mileage out of the string of former top Trump officials who have denounced him.