Donald Trump had four chiefs of his staff during his presidency. He started with the former RNC chair Reince Priebus and then moved to former Marine General John F. Kelly. Then he went to Mick Mulvaney who was former director of the Office of Management and Budget.

 

The official role was created under Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency.

 

One of these chiefs, however, has recently been making headlines and is causing Democrats to be apoplectic over their latest “Trump’s a Nazi” rhetoric. John F. Kelly is the man I’m referring to. He served as the president between 2017 and 2019, but now says that Trump “certainly fits the definition of a fascist.”

 

Do not turn your back to this man, especially if a knife is nearby:

 

 

“It is a far right movement, with a dictatorial leadership and the suppression of opposition by force… In my experience, it certainly falls under fascism”

 

There’s only one problem if you are a Never Trumper. A former chief of staff who worked closely with the president says that it is a bunch of nonsense.

 

 

I was Trump’s chief of staff — ex-aide’s Hitler claims are deranged

 

This is the title of Mick Mulvaney’s op-ed published in the New York Post on Tuesday. This is a pretty good summary, but he’s got more.

 

Mulvaney says that the whole thing is a total BS.

 

Kelly saw his job as an overseer that he had appointed himself, charged with protecting a country from a president who was elected by the same people.

 

I viewed the role of chief of staff.

 

Kelly saw himself as the head of the President.

 

Of course, there are limits to the work that is required.

 

It is not faithful service to do things that are immoral, illegal or against our Constitutional oaths.

 

Kelly, however, has not stated that Trump had asked him to do any such thing.

 

Sein objections seem to be related to Trump’s supposed tendencies and inclinations.

 

Kelly’s main goal now seems to be to establish a link between Trump and Hitler by using alleged words of the former president.

 

It is strange that no one else can recall similar comments to those Kelly has made.

 

What about Hitler? Yeah, no:

 

Donald Trump never spoke highly of Adolf Hitler in my presence, which is consistent with his daughter’s and grandchildren’s Jewishness.

 

 

The kicker is that he also says the retired general’s recent behavior “is simply consistent with what we saw in the White House under Kelly’s tenure.” This is a nicer way to say he always looked out for himself and wasn’t a teamplayer. He was not looking out for America’s interests.

 

The media and left have used this “Trump is Nazi” narrative to incite hatred and sow division. John Kelly being a Marine I won’t say what I think about his antics, out of respect. But let’s say that his behavior, and his rhetoric, are inflammatory, and haven’t done anything to bring the country together. These statements are also not in line with what others who served under Trump, like Mulvaney, have reported or with what we see from the GOP candidate himself on a regular basis.

 

Mulvaney has pointed out that a patriot who admired Hitler would have objected to it or resigned.

 

Kelly claims that he never gave me a reason to think he was fascist.

 

If he did any of these things, the only way I could have responded was to try my best to convince him otherwise.

 

If I had not done that, then I would have quit my job.

 

Kelly, if Kelly heard such disturbing remarks, he should have done so as well.

 

He didn’t.

 

Boom.

 

Mulvaney has just blown this garbage narrative out of all proportion. Kelly is a self-serving narcissist, who has now taken his ball home and gotten into a snit because he didn’t receive what he desired.