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Chief of staff Kelly recaps Trump statements--everyone should be ashamed of Trump
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:19 pm
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:19 pm
These aren't lies or some fiction of the main stream media.
Kelly is not a politician and was generally applauded as Chief of Staff.
If you aren't disturbed by the Trump words and actions Kelly recaps in the quote you really should be concerned about your own attitudes and thinking. I really don't think any of you would find such statements acceptable by a President pre-Trump.
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What can I add that has not already been said?” Kelly said, when asked if he wanted to weigh in on his former boss in light of recent comments made by other former Trump officials. “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 – 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 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.”
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In the statement, Kelly is confirming, on the record, a number of details in a 2020 story in The Atlantic by editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, including Trump turning to Kelly on Memorial Day 2017, as they stood among those killed in Afghanistan and Iraq in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery, and saying, “I don’t get it. What was in it for them?” Those details also include Trump’s inability to understand why the American public respects former prisoners of war and those shot down in combat. Then-candidate Trump of course said in front of a crowd in 2015 that former Vietnam POW Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican, was “not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” But behind closed doors, sources told Goldberg, this lack of understanding went on to cause Trump to repeatedly call McCain a “loser” and to refer to former President George H. W. Bush, who was also shot down as a Navy pilot in World War II, as a “loser.”
Kelly is not a politician and was generally applauded as Chief of Staff.
If you aren't disturbed by the Trump words and actions Kelly recaps in the quote you really should be concerned about your own attitudes and thinking. I really don't think any of you would find such statements acceptable by a President pre-Trump.
This post was edited on 10/2/23 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:22 pm to I B Freeman
I'm not saying I buy any of the allegations he is making but it sure seems like most if not all of Trump's inner circle and closest confidants turn on him at some point.
Maybe the Deep State picks these people off one by one, either via financial means or by threatening force.
Maybe the Deep State picks these people off one by one, either via financial means or by threatening force.
This post was edited on 10/2/23 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:22 pm to I B Freeman
quote:frick you
I B Freeman
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:23 pm to I B Freeman
Kelly and Goldberg would happily send you to die in a foreign war for the financial benefit of their establishment buddies. Trump may be an arse, but I don't give a shite what his view on combat veterans is, so long as he doesn't create more of them.
This post was edited on 10/2/23 at 6:37 pm
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:23 pm to I B Freeman
down voters are twisted cowards devoted to a POS, blowhard, narcissistic liar.
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:26 pm to I B Freeman
I can’t imagine defending McCain.
Then again, I’m not a commie sympathizer like you.
Then again, I’m not a commie sympathizer like you.
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:26 pm to I B Freeman
It’s so sad that Kelly would stoop that low and turn his back on his former boss. Trump would sacrifice everything for his country and is the kind of boss we all would like to work for. Sad this is happening to him.
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:27 pm to jimmy the leg
Swamp going to swamp. If Kelly says it then it’s a lie.
Trump is the greatest American in history - there is no debate in that.
Trump is the greatest American in history - there is no debate in that.
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:27 pm to jimmy the leg
you are a POS
Anyone calling McCain a loser for being shot down and imprisoned in LBJs war is an UnAmerican POS that should leave the country.
Anyone calling McCain a loser for being shot down and imprisoned in LBJs war is an UnAmerican POS that should leave the country.
This post was edited on 10/2/23 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:29 pm to I B Freeman
Kelley is a liar and paid liberal agitator plain and simple.
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:29 pm to PatriotLSU65
oh bs. Trump faked bone spurs when the country called.
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:31 pm to I B Freeman
All of those guys are bought and paid for. I wouldn’t believe any of the melodrama. They are all just playing an acting role and care nothing about real happenings just putting enormous amounts of money in their pocket.
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:32 pm to LSUvet72
name a single non cult member that agrees with you
Your god said those things---own your support of such small man statements. You can't write off what the man said with name calling. You agree with him. You hate POWs too.
Your god said those things---own your support of such small man statements. You can't write off what the man said with name calling. You agree with him. You hate POWs too.
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:33 pm to I B Freeman
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Anyone calling McCain a loser for being shot down and imprisoned in LBJs war is an UnAmerican POS that should leave the country.
Well in fairness, McCain peddled the phony dossier and was actively involved in efforts to lead a coup against a duly elected president. Regardless of his military service, he is not above criticism. Certainly Trump owed him nothing.
This post was edited on 10/2/23 at 5:52 pm
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:35 pm to SloaneRanger
Trumps a little man for criticizing McCains service while his rich daddy helped him become a draft dodger.
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:35 pm to I B Freeman
Kinda funny to call McCain a communist. Who captured and tortured him btw?
The full story in the Atlantic is full of truly crazy details. Like even though most of it you’ve probably heard, seeing it all spelled out there is astonishing. I did sort of wonder how the maga crowd by defend this stuff, and the first few responses here are about what I expected. Veering between just refusing to believe it or, incredibly, saying it doesn’t matter bc he’s the greatest man ever to live. Interesting times!
The full story in the Atlantic is full of truly crazy details. Like even though most of it you’ve probably heard, seeing it all spelled out there is astonishing. I did sort of wonder how the maga crowd by defend this stuff, and the first few responses here are about what I expected. Veering between just refusing to believe it or, incredibly, saying it doesn’t matter bc he’s the greatest man ever to live. Interesting times!
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:36 pm to I B Freeman
Tranny, groomer and branch covidian supporter. Not surprised you agree with him.
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:38 pm to I B Freeman
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you are a POS Anyone calling McCain a loser for being shot down and imprisoned in LBJs war is an UnAmerican POS that should leave the country.
Doubling down on your support for all thong communist is your response?
You are such a leftist shitbag.
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:38 pm to I B Freeman
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Trump faked bone spurs when the country called.
Oh spare me your outrage. I guarantee you've voted for any number of RINO's who not only got exemptions from service in Vietnam, but then voted for subsequent aggressive wars themselves and called opponents of said wars unpatriotic. That wasn't disqualifying for you then.
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:39 pm to I B Freeman
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an UnAmerican POS that should leave the country.
Hmmmmm
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