Ganesh Kendale
Kamala Harris hit out at Donald Trump after John Kelly revealed that the latter, while in office, wanted generals like that of Adolf Hitler’s and often praised the Nazi leader.
Comparing the Republican presidential candidate to the Nazi dictator, Kamala accused Trump of wanting a military that was loyal to him and not to the country.
“Donald Trump wants unchecked power,” she said, adding that “one that will obey his orders, even when he tells them to break the law or abandon their oath to the constitution.
Kelly, in an interview to The Atlantic, recalled a conversation with Trump where the former president mentioned the need for “German generals.” Kelly asked if Trump meant “Bismarck’s generals,” referencing Otto von Bismarck, who was pivotal in Germany’s unification. Kelly also inquired, “Surely you can’t mean Hitler’s generals?” To which Trump replied, “Yeah, yeah, Hitler’s generals.”
Kelly added that Trump would “love to” be a dictator. “He certainly prefers the dictator approach to government,” he said adding, “I think he’d love to be just like he was in business — he could tell people to do things and they would do it, and not really bother too much about whether what the legalities were and whatnot.”
Kelly is not the first former Trump administration official to label the former president a threat. Retired Army Gen Mark A. Milley, who was Trump’s chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated in Bob Woodward’s recent book “War” that Trump was “fascist to the core” and “the most dangerous person to this country.” Similarly, retired Gen Jim Mattis, who served as Trump’s secretary of defense, reportedly agreed with Milley’s assessment in conversations with Woodward.
