March 7
On This Day In 2019
This one is important if you want to understand Donald Trump’s character
The closest associates who know Trump best warn us that he’s a disaster for our nation. Folks, this is not normal. Did you see Obama’s staff proclaim these things about him? How about Biden’s? No, you didn’t see it because most men don’t suffer Donald Trump's personality defects.
Gen. John Kelly served as both Trump’s Director of Homeland Security and his Chief of Staff. Here’s what Kelly, based on his up-close-and-personal experiences dealing with Trump, told CNN about the man and his character:
Donald Trump is “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 POWs 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.’ A person who demonstrated open contempt for a Gold Star family–for all Gold Star families… 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 his country for 40 years in peacetime 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,” Kelly concluded. “God help us.”
Actually, here’s one more thing: OTDI 2019, Vanity Fair quoted Kelly -- Trump’s Director of Homeland Security -- as saying Trump’s border wall is a “waste of money,” because the immigrants are “overwhelmingly not criminals. They’re people coming up here for economic purposes. I don’t blame them for that.”
Sources/Links for further reading
CNN has Kelly's on-the-record statement
Vanity Fair has the 2019 quotes
Summary: Trump's deep flaws explained | John Kelly