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‘God help us’: John Kelly rounds on former boss Trump
The Guardian ^ | 10/2/2023 | Martin Pengelly

Posted on 10/03/2023 6:32:11 PM PDT by randita

Going on record to confirm stories of Donald Trump’s contempt for wounded and killed US soldiers and their families, and commenting on the former president’s suggestion a top general should be killed, the former marines general and White House chief of staff John Kelly took in Trump’s commanding lead in the Republican primary and said: “God help us.”

“What can I add that has not already been said?” Kelly, who was also homeland security secretary under Trump, told CNN on Monday.

Much of what has already been said about Trump’s attitude to the US military is widely thought to have been sourced to Kelly, for press reports or stories in books.

The general, whose son Robert Kelly was killed on duty in Afghanistan, confirmed it all and more on the network.

Kelly said Trump was “a person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as prisoners of war are all ‘suckers’ because ‘there is nothing in it for them’.”

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: exmarine; johnkelly; kelly; trump; veterans
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1 posted on 10/03/2023 6:32:11 PM PDT by randita
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To: randita

Ah, the Guardian. The CNN/MSNBC of the UK. Feggedabowdthem.


2 posted on 10/03/2023 6:33:49 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: randita

What’s his reward for this?


3 posted on 10/03/2023 6:34:12 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: randita

Let’s see this allegation proven. Until then, I remain convinced he is an effing liar.


4 posted on 10/03/2023 6:34:34 PM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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To: randita

Cabrona


5 posted on 10/03/2023 6:34:40 PM PDT by wardaddy (Why so many nevertrumpers with early sign ups and no posting history till now? Zot them PTB)
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To: randita

NOT BUYING ONE SINGLE WORD OF THIS.


6 posted on 10/03/2023 6:37:02 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: randita

He did not confirm the stories though.


7 posted on 10/03/2023 6:37:31 PM PDT by eclectic (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: randita

Says a guy who is OKAY with rigged elections. Who knows there were no weapons of massed destruction and whose own child was killed in a war that was based on a lie told by Colin Powell... but hey, he got paid. Wonder what John Kelly thinks about the US Military poisoning its service members with a vaccine that causes heart problems, strokes and miscarriages... he is probably okay with all of that. After all 1,000,000 Iraqis were killed based on a lie... but hey... he got paid.


8 posted on 10/03/2023 6:38:00 PM PDT by WinstonSmith1984
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To: randita

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Kelly supports Lindsey Graham, Vindman, Milley, Nancy Pelosi, and Eric Swalwell.


9 posted on 10/03/2023 6:38:25 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: ridesthemiles

Ditto


10 posted on 10/03/2023 6:38:49 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: Banana Republic)
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To: dljordan

A book deal? No problems with The Big Guy’s Department of Just Us?


11 posted on 10/03/2023 6:40:10 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: Banana Republic)
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To: dljordan

I have wondered the same thing. What does John Kelly get out of this, other than dumping (again) on his old boss?
Maybe Soros or someone with the same intentions has written a check for John Kelly, with the promise of more to come if he can reduce the poll numbers for Trump.
Kelly makes himself look like a shabby, bitter, jealous loser.


12 posted on 10/03/2023 6:40:48 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: randita

What he means is god help the neocons who want endless wars


13 posted on 10/03/2023 6:42:05 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: randita

I don’t think anyone who watched vids of DJT and Melania visiting wounded troops in the hospital would believe this...


14 posted on 10/03/2023 6:42:49 PM PDT by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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To: randita

Have we ever been talking to a friend and said something
intemperate that we would never actually want to see followed
through on? I’d venture to say yes. I think many teenagers
and adults say things they don’t really mean.

Kids say they want things to happen to their parents, but
if their parents found out, they’d feel terrible and want
to take that stuff back.

I once said I didn’t like my aunt. One of my friends told
her I had said that, and it really bothered me to have had
him say that to her. I didn’t mean it like it sounded, and
I apologized to her for decades after that moron spilled
the beans.


15 posted on 10/03/2023 6:43:12 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

Kelly supports Lindsey Graham, Vindman, Milley, Nancy Pelosi, and Eric Swalwell.

*********************

Kelly is a puppet of whatever war the deep state wants.

That’s Kelly’s role in politics.


16 posted on 10/03/2023 6:43:20 PM PDT by unclebankster ( Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel)
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To: randita

I don’t believe that for one second.

Maybe he was talking about another guy that ran for President

“You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.” –John Kerry


17 posted on 10/03/2023 6:43:46 PM PDT by patriot torch (..)
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To: randita

Just a political hit piece on Trump.


18 posted on 10/03/2023 6:43:51 PM PDT by devere
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To: randita

Kelly previously denied all of it.


19 posted on 10/03/2023 6:45:11 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: randita

If Trump wasn’t still in the spotlight, nobody would know
or care who this D-Bag is.


20 posted on 10/03/2023 6:48:01 PM PDT by indthkr
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