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Laura Coates Live

John Kelly: Trump Said Hitler “Did Some Good Things”

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

John Kelly, the retired Marine general who was Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, entered the 2024 fray in stunning fashion, saying the former president fits “into the general definition of fascist” and wanted the “kind of generals Hitler had” in a series of interviews published Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tonight breaking ranks a prominent

0:06.0

a prominent the Trump White House with a stark warning for America about the

0:09.4

former president's fascist tendencies and an apparent affinity for Adolf Hitler of all people.

0:16.3

Plus the continued fall of America's mayor, Rudy Giuliani now ordered to

0:21.8

turn over much of his property,

0:23.9

including his New York City apartment

0:26.5

to the Georgia election workers that he defamed back in 2020.

0:30.8

And hi, my name is who? My name is what? Slim Shady. But just two weeks to go into election day,

0:38.9

Harris calling on Eminem to give her a boost in Michigan.

0:42.8

Tonight, I'm Laura Coates live.

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So John Kelly was Donald Trump's longest serving chief of staff.

0:56.0

The retired Marine General has spoken out about his old boss before, frankly, several times.

1:02.0

But tonight, with just two weeks to go

1:04.6

into election day, precisely two days at that,

1:07.0

two weeks at that,

1:08.0

Kelly is delivering one of his most forceful rebukes to date.

1:12.1

He's going on the record, not once but twice today.

1:15.8

The New York Times publishing audio recordings with Kelly, voicing his concerns about

1:20.9

another Trump presidency.

1:25.0

Certainly, the former president is in the far right area, certainly an authoritarian,

1:38.2

admires people who are dictators.

1:41.6

He has said that. So he certainly falls into the general definition of fascist, for sure.

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