Reports that GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump praised Adolf Hitler and said he wished his military leaders were more like the German dictator’s generals have left Republican candidates and elected officials publicly playing defense in the waning days before the Nov. 5 general election.
Some Republicans opted to dispute the account by John Kelly, Trump’s former White House chief of staff. Others took a throwing-hands-in-the-air approach, saying that ultimately voters know Trump says outrageous things.
The former president took to his own social media site to dispute Kelly’s account Wednesday afternoon, as well as in an interview Thursday with conservative talk radio personality Hugh Hewitt.
“Even though I shouldn’t be wasting my time with him, I always feel it’s necessary to hit back in pursuit of THE TRUTH. John Kelly is a LOWLIFE, and a bad General, whose advice in the White House I no longer sought, and told him to MOVE ON!” Trump posted on Truth Social.
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