John Kelly doubles down on claims Donald Trump is a Hitler fan and thinks he 'did some good things'

Donald Trump's longest-serving White House chief-of-staff has doubled down connected claims that the erstwhile president was a instrumentality of Adolf Hitler and warns helium would 'govern similar a dictator if allowed'.

John Kelly, who served connected Trump's unit from 2017 to 2019, successful a scathing caller interrogation with the New York Times has accused the GOP nominee of being the 'definition of fascist' and claims helium does not person an knowing of American past oregon the Constitution.

Kelly, 74, alleged that Trump erstwhile said 'Hitler did immoderate bully things' and praised the Nazi dictator for having 'rebuilt the economy'. Kelly besides told The Atlantic connected Tuesday that Trump said he wanted his unit to beryllium much similar 'German generals successful World War II' due to the fact that they were 'totally loyal' to Hitler.

Additionally, the retired Marine seasoned doubled down connected erstwhile claims that Trump branded American servicemembers who died oregon were injured arsenic 'suckers and losers', adding that the ex-president 'may beryllium the lone American national that feels that mode astir those who gave their lives oregon served their country'.

A Trump run spokesperson deed backmost astatine Kelly's claims successful a connection to The Times, saying the former governmental advisor 'has wholly beclowned himself with these debunked stories helium has fabricated'.

Kelly alleged that his erstwhile boss 'certainly prefers the dictator attack to government' and 'never accepted the information that helium wasn't the astir almighty antheral successful the world'.

Reading a textbook explanation of fascism aloud during an audio interrogation with the Times, helium described the ideology arsenic a 'far-right authoritarian, ultranationalist governmental ideology and question characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, content successful a earthy societal hierarchy'.

Kelly said, successful 'my experience', helium has recovered Trump to judge that those ideologies would 'work amended successful presumption of moving America', adding: 'He surely falls into the wide explanation of fascist, for sure.' 

He besides alleged that Trump was annoyed by limitations connected his powerfulness and desired the 'ability to bash thing helium wanted, anytime helium wanted', which Kelly claimed was Trump's acquisition successful the concern world.

In a abstracted interrogation with The Atlantic, Kelly claimed that Trump became much funny successful the 'advantages of dictatorship' and having 'absolute power implicit the military' arsenic his Oval Office word neared its close.

'I request the benignant of generals that Hitler had,' Trump allegedly said during a backstage speech successful the White House.  'People who were wholly loyal to him, that travel orders.'

Trump spokesperson Alex Pfeiffer, successful an email to the magazine, denied the alleged conversation, stating: 'This is perfectly false. President Trump ne'er said this.'

Kelly, who has besides been probed astir the alleged remarks, claims helium and Trump spoke successful item astir the 'German generals' successful WWII.

'Do you mean the kaiser's generals? Surely you can't mean Hitler's generals?' Kelly claims helium asked Trump, to which helium alleges the then-President responded: 'Yeah, yeah, Hitler's generals.'

The erstwhile staffer said helium 'explained' to Trump that Hitler's generals had 'tried to kill' the Austrian-born person 'three times and astir pulled it off.'

He claims Trump replied: 'No, no, no, they were wholly loyal to him.' 

The retired governmental advisor besides claims that helium had to instruct Trump that helium 'can ne'er accidental thing good' astir Hitler, adjacent if the then-President did judge the dictator 'did immoderate bully things'.

Similarly, Kelly alleges that Trump successful 2018 asked him who the 'good guys' were during WWI, to which helium advised that American presidents should 'remember that the 'good guys' successful immoderate fixed struggle are the countries allied with the United States'.

Kelly was besides questioned astir reports that Trump had expressed contempt for disabled veterans and soldiers who died successful combat.

'President Trump utilized the terms 'losers' and 'suckers' to picture soldiers who gave their lives successful the defence of our country. There are many, galore radical who person heard him accidental these things,' helium told The Atlantic.

He alleged that Trump did not privation to beryllium seen successful a parade with subject amputees because 'it doesn't look bully for me', refused to sojourn the graves of fallen soldiers successful France and 'demonstrated unfastened contempt for a Gold Star family' during his 2016 campaign.

Trump, according to Kelly, did not recognize the sacrifice of slain soldiers and reportedly erstwhile asked: 'Why bash you radical deliberation that radical getting killed are heroes?'

Kelly says helium 'could ne'er recognize wherefore helium was that way' and argued that 'selflessness is thing helium conscionable didn't understand'.

Trump run spokesperson Steven Cheung, successful a connection to Axios, denied the Republican nominee ever made the remarks, saying: 'President Trump has ever honored the work and sacrifice of each of our subject men and women.'

Tuesday's comments marked the erstwhile apical aides' astir extended nationalist comments astir the erstwhile Republican president and the GOP's 2024 nominee.

Kelly declined to endorse immoderate campaigner for the White House, but said 'it's a precise unsafe happening to person the incorrect idiosyncratic elected to precocious office.'