13 former Trump officials support Kelly’s stance against Trump | Donald Trump News

Former Trump aides ‘not surprised’ by Kelly’s allegations that Trump praised Hitler and disrespected the US constitution.

A group of Donald Trump-era officials have rallied behind former Chief of Staff John Kelly after he warned that the former president was behaving like a “fascist” and wanted a dictatorship.

In a letter first reported by Politico on Friday, 13 officials who worked under former US president Trump said they “applause” Kelly for speaking badly of the former president.

“There are times in history when it becomes necessary to put country before party,” wrote the officials, all lifelong Republicans. “This is one of those times.”

They added, “Everyone should heed General Kelly’s warning.”

The officials include former Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Neumann, former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham and former deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews.

‘The way of dictatorship’

Kelly, a retired general and longtime Trump chief of staff, moved as he detailed his concerns about a second Trump term.

Kelly told the New York Times that, as president, Trump “chose a dictatorial path”, flouted the US Constitution and threatened to arm the US military against his domestic enemies.

The former chief of staff also said that Trump often praised Hitler.

“He’s really the only president who has rejected what America is about, and what makes America, America,” Kelly said, adding that she thinks Trump lacks compassion.

Trump’s campaign has denied Kelly’s account, calling the four-star general a “total degenerate” and “lowlife”.

But 13 officials who support Kelly say they are not surprised by his allegations about Trump.

“The revelations presented by General Kelly are disturbing and shocking,” they wrote. “But because we know Trump and have worked for him and are with him, we were not surprised by what General Kelly said.”

A threat to democracy?

Since leaving office, Donald Trump has faced unprecedented criticism from senior officials in his party, many of whom have warned him that he is endangering democracy.

Former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney, who nominated Trump’s Democratic opponent Kamala Harris, said there has never been “a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump.”

Harris joined in the Republican criticism, saying their warnings provide “a window into who Donald Trump really is.”

“Donald Trump is becoming increasingly unstable and unstable”, Harris told reporters outside the White House on Wednesday. If he wins a second term, officials like Kelly won’t be there to “control” him, he added.

More than 80 American Nobel Prize winners in physics, chemistry, medicine and economics also signed an open letter endorsing Harris for president, published Thursday by the New York Times.

The Nobel laureates warned that Trump would “jeopardize any progress in our living standards” because of his previous proposals for science funding.

Trump and Harris are currently battling in the polls ahead of the Nov. 5 election, which analysts are describing as a toss-up.

With 11 days to go, a recent CNN poll found that 47 percent of likely voters support Harris and an equal 47 percent support Trump.

Only 2 percent of all likely voters said they have not yet chosen a candidate, while another 9 percent said they may change their minds before voting, CNN reported.