John Kelly, the Marine general who served as Donald Trump's White House Chief of Staff from 2017 to 2019, has frequently criticized the former president's leadership and character. But in a set of interviews with The New York Times published Tuesday, he went a step further, describing his former boss as a "fascist" and saying he decided to speak out after the Republican candidate suggested that he would use the military to crack down on his political opponents.
According to Kelly, it isn't the first time Trump has expressed a desire to set the military loose on his rivals. Trump repeatedly suggested doing so since his first year in office, he told the Times, chafing at the constant reminders of why he could not use the military against U.S. citizens.
